Species profile
Common Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica
Quick answer
Local name Man Kiryoy Wum (Sansundi). Range C. i. minima Biak, Supiori, Numfor, Mios Num. Status Teluk Cenderawasih endemic subspecies. Obtained by just two collectors but recorded by nearly all recent visitors to Biak. Common but infrequently seen, however its distinctive advertising call is frequently heard around dawn. On Supiori the species was first recorded by Ripley (Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939), then by KDB during July 1982 and Gibbs in 1991 (Gibbs 1993).
- Scientific name
- Chalcophaps indica
- Family
- Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Genus
- Chalcophaps
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Columbidae
- Adamawa Turtle-dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha)
- Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta)
- African Green-pigeon (Treron calvus)
- African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
- Amboyna cuckoo-dove (Columba amboinensis)
- Amethyst Brown-dove (Phapitreron amethystinus)
- Andaman Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia rufipennis)
- Andaman Green-pigeon (Treron chloropterus)