Thick-billed Ground Pigeon
Trugon terrestrisGray, GR, 1849
English (US) Thick-billed Ground Pigeon
The Thick-billed Ground Pigeon (Trugon terrestris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
- Scientific name
- Trugon terrestris
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Thick-billed Ground Pigeon
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1849
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Trugon terrestris leucopareia
- Trugon terrestris mayri
- Trugon terrestris terrestris
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1849
- Type locality
- Triton Bay, New Guinea.
- Original description
- The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera 3, pt.48, App. p.24
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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