- The
Tongan ground dove (Pampusana
stairi), also
known as the shy
ground dove or
friendly ground dove, is a
species of bird in the
family Columbidae. It...
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Galliformes Family:
Megapodiidae Genus:
Megapodius Species: M. pritchardii
Binomial name
Megapodius pritchardii Gray, GR, 1864
Synonyms Megapodius stairi...
- many-colored
fruit dove (Ptiliopus persousii) and shy
ground dove (Galicolumba
stairi).
Butterflies are
another category of
avifauna in the island. The recorded...
- (Forshaw, 2015) (extinct) PO:
Norfolk Island 191 Shy
ground dove
Pampusana stairi (Gray, GR, 1856) PO:
Tonga and
neighboring islands 192
Santa Cruz ground...
- and the
Melanesian expansion that
brought about P.
sanctaecrucis and P.
stairi (and
possibly P. rubescens)
would have met.
These ground-doves were removed...
- name
Scientific name
Range Comments Pictures Tongan ground dove
Pampusana stairi From
Wallis and ****una to New
Caledonia Extirpated from New
Caledonia after...
- B
Spotted dove
Spilopelia chinensis I I I I Shy
ground dove
Alopecoenas stairi B B B B B B Many-colored fruit-dove
Ptilinopus perousii B B B B B B Crimson-crowned...
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Ciconia episcopus Leptoptilos javanicus Alopecoenas kubaryi Alopecoenas stairi Columba elphinstonii Columba eversmanni Columba pallidiceps Columba punicea...
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Spotted dove,
Spilopelia chinensis (I) LC Shy ground-dove,
Alopecoenas stairi (American Samoa) VU White-throated ground-dove,
Alopecoenas xanthonurus...
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fleshy cere. Rock pigeon,
Columba livia (I) Shy
ground dove,
Alopecoenas stairi Many-colored fruit-dove,
Ptilinopus perousii Crimson-crowned fruit-dove...
