Thick-billed ground pigeon

Thick-billed ground pigeon
Illustration by John Gould
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Trugon
G.R. Gray, 1849
Species: T. terrestris
Binomial name
Trugon terrestris
Gray, 1849

The thick-billed ground pigeon (Trugon terrestris) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is monotypic within the genus Trugon.[2] It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Trugon terrestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. del Hoyo, J. Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (1997) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-87334-22-9.