White-fronted ground dove

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White-fronted ground dove
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Pampusana
Species:
P. kubaryi
Binomial name
Pampusana kubaryi
(Finsch, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Phlegoenas kubaryiFinsch, 1880
  • Gallicolumba kubaryi
  • Alopecoenas kubaryi

The white-fronted ground dove or Caroline Islands ground dove (Pampusana kubaryi) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Micronesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.

This species was formerly in the genus Alopecoenas Sharpe, 1899, but the name of the genus was changed in 2019 to Pampusana Bonaparte, 1855 as this name has priority. [2] [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Pampusna kubaryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. Bruce, M.; Bahr, N.; David, N. (2016). "Pampusanna vs. Pampusana: a nomenclatural conundrum resolved, along with associated errors and oversights" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 136: 86–100.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Pigeons". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.