Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Thick-billed Ground-pigeon (Trugon terrestris) - HBW 4, p. 186
French: Trugon terrestre
German: Erdtaube
Spanish: Paloma-perdiz Picogorda
Other common names: Grey/Slaty Ground-pigeon, Thick-billed Jungle-pigeon
Taxonomy: Trugon terrestris G. R. Gray, 1849, Triton Bay, north-west Guinea.
Has no obvious close relatives. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- terrestris G. R. Gray, 1849 - Salawati, and NW New Guinea E to Geelvink and Etna Bays.
- mayri Rothschild, 1931 - NC New Guinea, from R Memberamo E to Humboldt Bay.
- leucopareia (A. B. Meyer, 1886) - S New Guinea, from R Setekwa E to Milne Bay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird standing, then scratching its head and going away Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 4 -
A close-up of the head of a perched bird Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 33 sec 3.3
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Bird on the ground
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Johannes Pfleiderer 17 April 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
Adult bird on the ground.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 7 October 2009 2 years ago 3
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