Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
White-breasted Ground-dove (Gallicolumba jobiensis) - HBW 4, p. 181
French: Gallicolombe de Jobi
German: Jobitaube
Spanish: Paloma-perdiz Pechiblanca
Other common names: Jobi/Yapen/Purple Ground-dove, White-breasted Ground-pigeon
Taxonomy: Phlegoenas [sic] jobiensis A. B. Meyer, 1875, Yapen Island.
Forms a superspecies with G. kubaryi, G. erythroptera and G. xanthonura; this group also has somewhat more distant affinities with G. stairi, G. sanctaecrucis and G. salamonis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- jobiensis (A. B. Meyer, 1875) - New Guinea (except Vogelkop and CS), Yapen, Manam and Karkar, Bismarck Archipelago and D'Entrecasteaux Is (Goodenough, Fergusson).
- chalconota Mayr, 1935 - Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella (C & S Solomon Is).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on the ground, preening and then another bird chasing it. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 13 weeks ago 24 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on the ground Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 35 sec 3.7 -
A male preening itself, on the ground. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 13 weeks ago 20 sec 3.5
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A adult bird at a feeder.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp jobiensis)
Tomasz Doroń 1 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 13 weeks ago 3
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