Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Caroline Ground-dove (Gallicolumba kubaryi) - HBW 4, p. 181

French: Gallicolombe de Kubary German: Karolinentaube Spanish: Paloma-perdiz de las Carolinas
Other common names: White-breasted(!)/White-fronted/Purple/Ponape/Pohnpei/Truk Ground-dove

Taxonomy: Phlegoenas [sic] Kubaryi Finsch, 1880, Chuk and Pohnpei, Caroline Islands.
Forms a superspecies with G. jobiensis, G. erythroptera and G. xanthonura; this group also has somewhat more distant affinities with G. stairi, G. sanctaecrucis and G. salamonis. Formerly considered a subspecies of G. xanthonura. Monotypic.

Distribution: Chuk (Truk) and Pohnpei, in C & E Caroline Is.