Bronze ground dove


The bronze ground dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
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.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in New Guinea, the Bismarck Islands and the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.