Species factsheet

Metallic Pigeon (Columba vitiensis)

Order: Columba vitiensis
Family: Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)

Danish name: Hvidstrubet Due

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Subspecies and Distribution

griseogularis

Philippines, Sulu Arch., islands off e Borneo

anthracina

Palawan, islands off n Borneo

metallica

Lesser Sundas

halmaheira

Banggai, Sulas, Kai, Moluccas to New Guinea and the Solomon Is.

leopoldi

Vanuatu

hypoenochroa

New Caledonia, Isle of Pines and Loyalty Is.

vitiensis

Fiji Is.

castaneiceps

Samoa