The Zoochat Photographic Guide To Mesites, Pigeons And Sandgrouse

Ah, fair enough I shall fix both my post and your photo title, then.

 

Megaloprepia


Wompoo Fruit-dove (Megaloprepia magnifica)

The range of this species extends from the West Papuan Islands, throughout New Guinea and south into eastern coastal Australia from the Cape York Peninsula to east-central New South Wales.

Five subspecies recognised:

M. m. puella - photo by @korhoen



M. m. poliura
M. m. assimilis - photo by @LaughingDove



M. m. keri - photo by @Chlidonias



M. m. magnifica - photo by @WhistlingKite24




Scarlet-breasted Fruit-dove (Megaloprepia formosa)

The range of this species is restricted to Obi, Halmahera, Ternate and Bacan in the northern Moluccas.

Two subspecies recognised:

M. f. formosa
M. f. micra

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Ramphiculus


Cream-bellied Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus merrilli)

Endemic to Luzon and the offshore islands of Catanduanes and Polillo in the northern Philippines.

Two subspecies recognised:

R. m. faustinoi
R. m. merrilli - photo by @alexkant




Flame-breasted Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus marchei)

Endemic to Luzon in the northern Philippines.

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish




Black-chinned Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus leclancheri)

The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines and north into southern Taiwan.

Four subspecies recognised:

R. l. taiwanus
R. l. longialis
R. l. leclancheri - photo by @TeaLovingDave



R. l. gironieri


Jambu Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus jambu)

The range of this species extends from Peninsular Thailand in the north, through Malaysia and into Sumatra, Borneo and nearby offshore islands of the Greater Sundas.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Reedstilt




Maroon-chinned Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus epius)

Endemic to Sulawesi.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Banggai Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus subgularis)

Endemic to the Banggai Islands, off the eastern coast of Sulawesi.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Sula Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus mangoliensis)

Endemic to Mangole and Taliabu in the Sula Islands, off the eastern coast of Sulawesi.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Red-eared Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus fischeri)

Endemic to the montane forests of Sulawesi.

Two subspecies recognised:

R. f. fischeri
R. f. centralis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Lompobattang Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus meridionalis)

The range of this species is restricted to the Lompobattang Massif of southwest Sulawesi.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Yellow-breasted Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus occipitalis)

The range of this species extends throughout the Phillipines, from Luzon in the north to Basilan in the southeast.

Two subspecies recognised:

R. o. occipitalis - photo by @Tomek



R. o. incognitus

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Alectroenas


Mauritius Blue-pigeon (Alectroenas nitidissimus)

Extinct; formerly endemic to Mauritus. The species is known only from three skins and several eyewitness descriptions and paintings, and was last recorded in 1832 with extinction believed to have followed within the following decade. The extinction of this species is believed to have come about as a result of hunting, habitat loss and predation by introduced species.

Monotypic.

Photo of a taxidermy specimen by @TeaLovingDave




Rodrigues Blue-pigeon (Alectroenas payandeei)

Extinct; formerly endemic to Rodrigues. Little to nothing is known of this species, having been described in 2005 from a single tarsometatarsus, but it is presumed to have been extirpated prior to François Leguat arriving on the island in 1691 as no species matching a member of this genus was described in his account of the Rodrigues avifauna. The presumptive cause of extinction is predation by invasive rat populations.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Madagascar Blue-pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis)

Endemic to northern and eastern Madagascar.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Daniel Sörensen




Comoro Blue-pigeon (Alectroenas sganzini)

Endemic to the Comoro and Aldabra Islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

A. s. minor
A. s. sganzini

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Seychelles Blue-pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrimus)

Endemic to the Seychelles.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Drepanoptila


Cloven-feathered Dove (Drepanoptila holosericea)

Endemic to New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Maguari



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Chrysoena


Orange Dove (Chrysoena victor)

The range of this species is restricted to northern Fiji.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. v. victor
C. v. aurea

Photo by @Chlidonias




Golden Dove (Chrysoena luteovirens)

The range of this species is restricted to west-central Fiji.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias




Whistling Dove (Chrysoena viridis)

The range of this species is restricted to southwest Fiji.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Wouldn't increase my total in any case those birds are the only ones of that species I've seen!

Yes, working out what species this bird - and others elsewhere in Russia which came in as part of the same import - actually represents gave me quite a bit of trouble, as it most certainly isn't Spice Island as claimed; although they lack the iris colour I surmised (as you guessed) that the lack of a pronounced bill-knob and darker colouration meant they were most likely to be juvenile Geelvink given this species was lumped into Spice Island until recently.

I'll hold off on moving the shot to D. pacifica until I get your feedback on what you make of the other birds which came into Russia at the same time:

 

Ptilinopus


Red-moustached Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus mercierii)

Extinct; formerly restricted to Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands. Known from approximately a dozen specimens, the last of which was collected in 1922, and the species is presumed to have been extirpated by the mid-20th century at the very latest. Predation by introduced rats and cats is believed to have been the primary cause of extinction.

Two subspecies recognised:

P. m. mercierii
P. m. tristrami

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Dwarf Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus nainus)

The range of this species extends from the West Papuan Islands into New Guinea in a wide band passing through the central spine of the island from Vogelkop to the Papuan Peninsula.

Two subspecies recognised:

P. n. minimus
P. n. nainus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Negros Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus arcanus)

Known only from a single specimen collected in 1953 on Mount Canlaon in north-central Negros, and sometimes suggested to represent an aberrant specimen of Ramphiculus occipitalis; if valid, this taxon may now be extinct or nearly so.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Black-naped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus)

The range of this species extends from the southern Philippines into Sulawesi, Java, the Moluccas and the Lesser Sundas.

Five subspecies recognised:

P. m. bangueyensis
P. m. xanthorrhous
P. m. melanospilus
P. m. chrysorrhous
P. m. melanauchen

Photo by @vogelcommando




Black-backed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Lesser Sundas from Bali to Pulau Babar.

Six subspecies recognised:

P. c. baliensis
P. c. albocinctus
P. c. everetti
P. c. cinctus
P. c. lettiensis
P. c. ottonis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Grey-rumped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus alligator)

The range of this species is restricted to a small portion of the western escarpment of Arnhem Land in Northern Australia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Red-naped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus dohertyi)

Endemic to Sumba in the Lesser Sundas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Pink-headed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus porphyreus)

The range of this species extends through the montane forests of southwest Sumatra, Java and Bali.

Monotypic.

Photo by @gentle lemur




Western Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus temminckii)

Endemic to Sulawesi and surrounding offshore islands.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Ituri




Eastern Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus)

The range of this species extends from the Moluccas, West Papuan islands and Aru Islands in the west, through New Guinea. the Admiralty Islands and Bismarck Archipelago to the Solomon Islands in the east, and south from New Guinea along the east coast of Australia from the Cape York Peninsula to southeast Victoria and Tasmania.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive




White-bibbed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus rivoli)

The range of this species extends from the Moluccas, West Papuan islands and Aru Islands in the west, through New Guinea to the Bismarck Archipelago and Louisiade Archipelago in the east.

Five subspecies recognised:

P. r. prasinorrhous
P. r. bellus
P. r. miquelii
P. r. rivoli
P. r. strophium

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Geelvink Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus speciosus)

Endemic to the islands of Numfor, Biak, Padaido and Marai in Geelvink Bay, on the northwest coastline of New Guinea.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Yellow-banded Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis)

The range of this species extends from the Admiralty Islands in the west, through portions of the Bismarck Archipelago and throughout the Solomon Islands in the east.

Eight subspecies recognised:

P. s. johannis
P. s. meyeri
P. s. neumanni
P. s. bistictus
P. s. vulcanorum
P. s. ocularis
P. s. ambiguus
P. s. solomonensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Tanna Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus tannensis)

Endemic to Vanuatu and the Bank Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Grey-headed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus)

Endemic to the northern Moluccas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Carunculated Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons)

Endemic to Obi Island in the central Moluccas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

 

Wallace's Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus wallacii)

The range of this species is restricted to the southernmost Moluccas, the easternmost Lesser Sundas and the Aru Islands, with scattered records from the southwest coastline of New Guinea.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Orange-fronted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons)

The range of this species extends from the Aru Islands and West Papuan Islands, throughout coastal New Guinea and into the D’Entrecasteaux Islands.

Monotypic.

Photo by @EmperorTamarin




Western Ornate Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus ornatus)

The range of this species is restricted to the Arfak Mountains and coastal Vogelkop of northwest New Guinea.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Eastern Ornate Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus gestroi)

The range of this species extends throughout northern New Guinea, from the Onin Peninsula in the west to the Papuan Peninsula in the east.

Monotypic.




Pink-spotted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perlatus)

The range of this species extends from the West Papuan Islands and Aru Islands, through New Guinea to the D’Entrecasteaux Islands.

Three subspecies recognised:

P. p. perlatus - photo by @TeaLovingDave



P. p. zonurus
P. p. plumbeicollis


Orange-bellied Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus iozonus)

The range of this species extends throughout the West Papuan Islands, Aru Islands and New Guinea.

Five subspecies recognised:

P. i. humeralis - photo by @ThylacineAlive



P. i. iozonus
P. i. iobiensis
P. i. pseudohumeralis
P. i. finschi


Knob-billed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus insolitus)

Endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago.

Two subspecies recognised:

P. i. inferior
P. i. insolitus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Claret-breasted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus viridis)

The range of this species extends from the southern Moluccas and West Papuan Islands, patchily into western and northern New Guinea, the Admiralry Islands and D’Entrecasteaux Islands, to the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands.

Six subspecies are currently recognised:

P. v. viridis
P. v. pectoralis
P. v. geelvinkianus
P. v. salvadorii
P. v. vicinus
P. v. lewisii

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-headed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus eugeniae)

Endemic to San Cristobal, Uki and Malaupaina in the southeast Solomon Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Beautiful Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the West Papuan Islands and northern New Guinea, extending to the Papuan Peninsula in the southeast.

Two subspecies are recognised:

P. p. pulchellus - photo by @vogelcommando



P. p. decorus


Blue-capped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus monacha)

The range of this species is restricted to the northern Moluccas, from Morotai in the north to Obi and Damar in the south.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Coroneted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus)

The range of this species extends throughout New Guinea and the Aru Islands, and west to Salawati in the West Papuan Islands.

Five subspecies recognised:

P. c. trigeminus
P. c. geminus - photo by @Malayan Tapir



P. c. quadrigeminus
P. c. huonensis
P. c. coronulatus


Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina)

The range of this species extends throughout the southern Moluccas, Lesser Sundas and Aru Islands into northern and eastern Australia, from Kimberley in the west to Cape York in the east, and south from here to northeast New South Wales.

Five subspecies currently recognised:

P. r. xanthogaster
P. r. roseipileum
P. r. flavicollis - photo by @Tomek



P. r. ewingii - photo by @Terry Thomas



P. r. regina - photo by @Goura




White-capped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii)

Endemic to the Marquesas Islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

P. d. viridior
P. d. dupetithouarsii

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

 

Palau Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pelewensis)

Endemic to the Palau Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Silver-capped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus richardsii)

The range of this species is restricted to the southeast Solomon Islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

P. r. richardsii
P. r. cyanopterus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Mariana Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla)

The range of this species is restricted to Saipan, Tinian, Agiguan and Rota in the northern Marianas; previously present on Guam, but now extirpated.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive




Pohnpei Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus ponapensis)

Endemic to Chuuk and Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Kosrae Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus hernsheimi)

Endemic to Kosrae in the eastern Caroline Islands; formerly also present on Ebon in the Marshall Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Red-bellied Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus greyi)

The range of this species extends through many of the island chains in eastern Melanesia, from the east-central Solomon Islands, through Vanuatu and surrounding islands to New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive




Tongan Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus)

The range of this species extends throughout the islands of Tonga, Fiji and Niue.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Samoan Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus fasciatus)

Endemic to Samoa and American Samoa; populations in Wallis and Futuna, and Niuafo’ou, probably represent natural hybrids between this species and P. porphyraceus.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Many-coloured Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perousii)

The range of this species extends throughout Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and Fiji.

Two subspecies recognised:

P. p. perousii
P. p. mariae - photo by @Semioptera




Rapa Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus huttoni)

Endemic to Rapa, in the Tubuai Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Henderson Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus insularis)

Endemic to Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Group.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Makatea Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus)

Endemic to Makatea in the Tuamotu Archipelago.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Atoll Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus coralensis)

Endemic to the Tuamotu Archipelago; absent from Makatea.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Raiatea Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chrysogaster)

Endemic to the western Society Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rarotonga Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus rarotongensis)

Endemic to the Cook Islands.

Two subspecies recognised:


P. r. rarotongensis
P. r. goodwini

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.



Grey-green Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus)

Endemic to Moorea and Tahiti in the Society Islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

P. p. frater
P. p. purpuratus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


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Hemiphaga


New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)

The range of this species extends throughout New Zealand and offshore islands; largely absent from the eastern portion of South Island.

One extant subspecies (the nominate) recognised, with an extinct subspecies described on Norfolk Island.

Photo by @Chlidonias




Chatham Pigeon (Hemiphaga chathamensis)

Endemic to the Chatham Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Cryptophaps


Sombre Pigeon (Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa)

Endemic to the montane forests of Sulawesi.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Gymnophaps


Papuan Mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps albertisii)

The range of this species extends from the north-central Moluccas, through the mountainous north and southeast of New Guinea, to the Bismarck Archipelago and D’Entrecasteaux Islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

G. a. exsul
G. a. albertisii - photo by @Joker1706




Seram Mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps stalkeri)

Endemic to Seram in the Moluccas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Buru Mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps mada)

Endemic to Buru in the Moluccas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Pale Mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps solomonensis)

The range of this species extends across mountainous regions of the Solomon Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Lopholaimus


Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)

The range of this species extends across eastern coastal Australia, from east-central Cape York in the north, to southern New South Wales in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Goura



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And with that, we complete our run-through of pigeon and dove species our very, very long run-through!

But before we move onto sandgrouse, and thus the third and final phase of this photographic guide, it seems appropriate to list those species which we are still missing from the gallery in the hopes that at least a small handful may be added in time; as such, this is what will immediately follow.

Needless to say, extinct species will be omitted
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COLUMBINI - 36 species missing


Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota)
Yellow-eyed Pigeon (Columba eversmanni)
Somali Pigeon (Columba oliviae)
Madeira Laurel-pigeon (Columba trocaz)
Dark-tailed Laurel-pigeon (Columba bollii)
Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta)
Cameroon Olive-pigeon (Columba sjostedti)
Sao Tome Olive-pigeon (Columba thomensis)
Comoro Olive-pigeon (Columba pollenii)
Speckled Woodpigeon (Columba hodgsonii)
White-naped Pigeon (Columba albinucha)
Nilgiri Woodpigeon (Columba elphinstonii)
Silvery Pigeon (Columba argentina)
Andaman Woodpigeon (Columba palumboides)
Yellow-legged Pigeon (Columba pallidiceps)
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba iriditorques)
Sao Tome Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba malherbii)
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Burmese Collared-dove (Streptopelia xanthocycla)
White-winged Collared-dove (Streptopelia reichenowi)
Vinaceous Dove (Streptopelia vinacea)
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Andaman Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia rufipennis)
Dusky Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia magna)
Little Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps)
Mackinlay's Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia mackinlayi)
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Black Cuckoo-dove (Turacoena modesta)
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Pied Cuckoo-dove (Reinwardtoena browni)
Crested Cuckoo-dove (Reinwardtoena crassirostris)
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Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
White-winged Pigeon (Patagioenas albipennis)
Chilean Pigeon (Patagioenas araucana)
Ring-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas caribaea)
Plain Pigeon (Patagioenas inornata)
Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea)
Ruddy Pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea)
Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris)
Dusky Pigeon (Patagioenas goodsoni)

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