Tongan ground dove


The Tongan ground dove, also known as the shy ground dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. The species was formerly known also as the friendly ground dove.
It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
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.