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Alternative names: Tongan Ground Dove; Shy Ground Dove

Gallicolumba stairi

Identification

Distribution

South-east Asia: found in Samoa, Fiji and Tonga

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]

  • G. s. stairi:
  • Wallis and Futuna Islands and Samoa
  • G. s. vitiensis:
  • Fiji and Tonga (Vava'u, Ha'apai and Nomuka group)

Placed in genus Alopecoenas by Gill and Donsker.

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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