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
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Description
TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...
, subtropical or tropical
mangrove forest
Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangroves cannot withstand fr ...
, 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.
References
External links
BirdLife Species Factsheet.
white-fronted ground dove
Birds of Pohnpei
Birds of the Federated States of Micronesia
Endemic fauna of the Federated States of Micronesia
white-fronted ground dove
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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