White-breasted ground dove

The white-breasted ground dove, white-bibbed ground dove, or purple ground dove (Pampusana jobiensis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

White-breasted ground dove
At San Diego Zoo
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Pampusana
Species:	P. jobiensis
Binomial name
Pampusana jobiensis (Meyer, 1875)
Synonyms
Phlegoenas jobiensis Meyer, 1875 Gallicolumba jobiensis Alopecoenas jobiensis

This species was formerly in the genus Alopecoenas Sharpe, 1899, but the name of the genus was changed in 2019 to Pampusana Bonaparte, 1855 as this name has priority.^[2][3]

Gallery

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  At San Diego Zoo
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  At Taronga Zoo, Sydney