Wetar Ground-Dove (Alopecoenas hoedtii)

Other Names (World)
Wetar Ground-Dove, Wetar Dove, Wetar Ground Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Schlegel, 1871)

Habitat
Lowland monsoon-forest, and possibly woodland. From sea-level - 950 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Timor-Leste (B) (NB).

Timor and Wetar (eastern Lesser Sundas).

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction and degradation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A short, soft, but quite penetrating two-note 'whu-wup', sometimes changed into a three-note call by the addition of a brief guttural 'trrr'.

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

Wetar Ground Dove (Pampusana hoedtii) [XC156510]
by id from Wetar, inland from Naumatong, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia (song)

Wetar Ground Dove (Pampusana hoedtii) [XC68344]
by Frank Lambert from Foho Lulik, probably about .5 km from the main road to Indonesia and something like 5 km from the border, East Timor (song)

Subspecies
Formerly isolated in monospecific subgenus Alopecoenas. A distinctive form of uncertain affinities, perhaps an early derivative of White-bibbed Ground-Dove (Alopecoenas jobiensis) stock.

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Juvenile Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) which has some green on wings and mantle and pale belly and forehead.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Wetar Ground-Dove (Alopecoenas hoedtii) - 7 files

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