Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Bronze Ground-dove (Gallicolumba beccarii) - HBW 4, p. 186
French: Gallicolombe de Beccari
German: Graubrusttaube
Spanish: Paloma-perdiz Pechigrís
Other common names: Beccari's/Grey-throated Ground-dove; Grey-breasted Quail-dove
Taxonomy: Chalcophaps beccarii Salvadori, 1876, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Affinities unclear: may form a superspecies with G. canifrons, and these two also appear to be related to the G. jobiensis superspecies; alternatively, may be related to G. stairi and G. sanctaecrucis, and more distantly to G. canifrons and G. hoedtii. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- beccarii (Salvadori, 1876) - mountains of New Guinea.
- johannae (P. L. Sclater, 1877) - Karkar I, Bismarck Archipelago (except ranges of following two races) and Nissan I (E of S New Ireland).
- eichhorni Hartert, 1924 - St Matthias Group (Mussau, Emira).
- beccarii (Salvadori, 1876) - mountains of New Guinea.
- johannae (P. L. Sclater, 1877) - Karkar I, Bismarck Archipelago (except ranges of following two races) and Nissan I (E of S New Ireland).
- eichhorni Hartert, 1924 - St Matthias Group (Mussau, Emira).
- admiralitatis (Rothschild & Hartert, 1914) - Admiralty Is (Manus).
- intermedia (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905) - W Solomon Is (including Bougainville).
- solomonensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1888) - E Solomon Is (including Rennell).
- Least Concern
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