The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
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3
62
journal article
298463
10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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2513-9894
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COMMON (ASIAN) EMERALD DOVE
Chalcophaps indica
#
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
).