Bronze Ground-dove (Alopecoenas beccarii)

Other Names (World)
Bronze Ground-Dove, Beccari's Ground-dove, Grey-throated Ground-dove, Gray-throated Ground-dove, Grey-breasted Quail-dove, Gray-breasted Quail-dove, Bronze Ground Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
18 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvadori, 1876)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. To about 1,200 - 2,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (B), Solomon Islands (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A series of low 'cook-cook-cook-cook-cook' notes, all at the same pitch.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Bronze Ground Dove (Pampusana beccarii) [XC291025]
by id from Chupukama Ridge Guadalcanal 1360m, Solomon Islands (song)

Bronze Ground Dove (Pampusana beccarii) [XC284105]
by Frank Lambert from Chupukama Ridge Guadalcanal 1320m, Solomon Islands (song)

Subspecies
Affinities unclear. May form a superspecies with Palau Ground-dove (Alopecoenas canifrons), and these two also appear to be related to the White-breasted Ground-dove (Alopecoenas jobiensis) superspecies. Alternatively, may be related to Shy Ground-dove (Alopecoenas stairi) and Santa Cruz Ground-dove (Alopecoenas sanctaecrucis), and more distantly to Palau Ground-dove (Alopecoenas canifrons) and Wetar Ground-dove (Alopecoenas hoedtii).

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

beccarii (Salvadori, 1876) - Mountains of New Guinea.
johannae (Sclater, PL, 1877) - Karkar I, Bismarck Archipelago (except ranges of following two races) and Nissan I (east of southern New Ireland). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Eastern Bronze Ground-dove (Alopecoenas johannae).
eichhorni (Hartert, 1924) - St Matthias Group (Mussau, Emira).
admiralitatis (Rothschild & Hartert, 1914) - Admiralty Is (Manus).
intermedius (Rothschild and Hartert, 1905) - Western Solomon Is. (Bougainville, Gizo and New Georgia Group).
solomonensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1888) - Eastern Solomon Is (including Rennell).
masculinus (Salomonsen, 1972) - Nissan Island (western Solomon Islands).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bronze Ground-dove (Alopecoenas beccarii) - 10 files

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