Metallic Pigeon
Columba vitiensis - Pigeon à gorge blanche
Systematics
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Order:
Columbiformes
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Family:
Columbidés
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Genus:
Columba
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Species:
vitiensis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 41 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 268 à 511 g
Geographic range
Identification
Metallic Pigeon (Columba vitiensis) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.
Subspecific information 9 subspecies
- Columba vitiensis vitiensis (Fiji Is.)
- Columba vitiensis griseogularis (Philippines, Sulu Arch., islands off e Borneo)
- Columba vitiensis anthracina (Palawan, islands off n Borneo)
- Columba vitiensis metallica (Lesser Sundas)
- Columba vitiensis halmaheira (Banggai, Sulas, Kai, Moluccas to New Guinea and the Solomon Is.)
- Columba vitiensis leopoldi (Vanuatu)
- Columba vitiensis hypoenochroa (New Caledonia, Isle of Pines and Loyalty Is.)
- Columba vitiensis godmanae (Lord Howe I.)
- Columba vitiensis castaneiceps (w Samoa)
Foreign names
- Pigeon à gorge blanche,
- Paloma gorjiblanca,
- pombo-de-garganta-branca,
- Weißkehltaube,
- fémfényű galamb,
- Witkeelduif,
- Piccione metallico,
- vitstrupig duva,
- Hvitstrupedue,
- holub bledohrdlý,
- holub bělolící,
- Hvidstrubet Due,
- valkokurkkukyyhky,
- colom golablanc,
- gołąb białogardły,
- Белогорлый голубь,
- Merpati hutan-metalik,
- アカメカラスバト,
- 白喉林鸽,
- vitstrupig duva,
- 白喉林鴿,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Pigeons and Doves, David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes and John Cox
- Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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