Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Thick-billed Ground-dove (Gallicolumba salamonis) - HBW 4, p. 185

French: Gallicolombe des Salomon German: San-Cristobal-Taube Spanish: Paloma-perdiz de las Salomón

Taxonomy: Phlogænas [sic] salamonis E. P. Ramsay, 1882, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands.
Known only from two specimens of unknown sex. Appears to be closely allied with G. sanctaecrucis and (especially) G. stairi, and more distantly to the G. jobiensis superspecies. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Solomon Is, known only from Ramos (between Santa Isabel and Malaita) and San Cristobal.