Ducula zoeae

(Desmarest, 1826)

Vernacular names
English : Common ground-dove
French : Carpophage de Zoé

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Columbiformes
Family : Columbidae
Notes : No subspecies known

Identification
The species grows to 41 cm in length for a weight of 592 g. Pale grey head with white chin and clear eyes. Broad light pink collar with black lower edge, light grey belly. Wings and back dark brown with iridescent dark green flight feathers.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in most of New Guinea and nearby Aru, Salawati, Yapen, Karkar, D’Entrecasteaux, Basilaki islands and Louisiade archipelago. Lives in lowland rainforests, monsoon forests and forest edges, to 1900 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species has a wide distribution and is often the commonest species of its genus within its range, especially in foothill forests.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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