The white-fronted ground dove or Caroline Islands ground dove (''Pampusana kubaryi'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Columbidae
Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...
.
It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Micronesia
Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, and ...
.
Its natural
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s 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
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...
,
subtropical or tropical moist shrubland
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics. Geographically part of the temperate zones of both hemispheres, they cover the middle latitudes from to approximately 35° north and ...
, and
plantation
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s .
It is threatened by
habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...
.
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
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 o ...
Birds of Pohnpei
Birds of the Federated States of Micronesia
Endemic fauna of the Federated States of Micronesia
white-fronted ground dove
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 o ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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