Fact Card
COMMON NAME: SHY GROUND DOVE
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Alopecoenas stairi
TYPE: Breeder
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Columbiformes / FAMILY – Columbidae / GENUS – Pampusana
Audio: Shy Ground Dove
IUCN Red List Status
References
- IUCN (2016, October 1). Shy Ground-dove Pampusana stairi. IUCN Red List. Retrieved September 18, 2023, from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22691042/93300863
- [Joshua O. Seamon]. (2006, November 17). Shy Ground-dove [Audio]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/139864
- Tongan ground dove. (2023, August 12). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_ground_dove
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – https://naturefiji.org/