
Pacific Ground Doves
Pampusana
Pampusana is a genus of mid-sized, ground-dwelling doves (family Columbidae), comprising 13 species, which occur in rainforests in the Pacific region. They are not closely related to the American ground doves (genus Columbina and related genera).
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species

White-throated Ground Dove
speciesPampusana xanthonura

Caroline Islands Ground Dove
speciesPampusana kubaryi

Shy Ground Dove
speciesPampusana stairi

Bronze Ground Dove
speciesPampusana beccarii

White-breasted Ground-Dove
speciesPampusana jobiensis

Palau Ground Dove
speciesPampusana canifrons

Wetar Ground Dove
speciesPampusana hoedtii

Polynesian Ground Dove
speciesPampusana erythroptera

Marquesas Ground Dove
speciesPampusana rubescens
New Caledonian Ground-Dove
speciesPampusana longitarsus
Great Ground-Dove
speciesPampusana nui
Henderson Ground-Dove
speciesPampusana leonpascoi

Santa Cruz Ground Dove
speciesPampusana sanctaecrucis
Thick-billed Ground Dove
speciesPampusana salamonis

Tanna Ground-Dove
speciesPampusana ferruginea

Norfolk Ground-Dove
speciesPampusana norfolkensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1505918.