The Tongan ground dove (''Pampusana stairi''), also known as the shy ground dove or friendly ground dove, is a species of
bird in the family
Columbidae.
It is found in
American Samoa,
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
,
Samoa,
Tonga and
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fij ...
.
Its natural
habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forests.
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.
Tongan ground dove
The Tongan ground dove (''Pampusana stairi''), also known as the shy ground dove or friendly ground dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
Its natura ...
Birds of Tonga
Birds of the Pacific Ocean
Tongan ground dove
The Tongan ground dove (''Pampusana stairi''), also known as the shy ground dove or friendly ground dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
Its natura ...
Tongan ground dove
The Tongan ground dove (''Pampusana stairi''), also known as the shy ground dove or friendly ground dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
Its natura ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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