Common / Asian / Grey-capped Emerald Dove

Order - Columbiformes
Family - Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Common Emerald Dove /Asian Emerald Dove /
Grey-capped Emerald Dove

Chalcophaps indica

绿翅金鸠 (lǜ-chì jīn-jiū) / 绿背金鸠 (lǜ-bèi jīn-jiū)

    Malay : Punai-Tanah Biasa

    Japanese : キンバト [indica グループ] (Kin-bato [indica guru-pu])

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 金鳩

    Taxonomy update for 2016

Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) is split into two species, with Asian Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) occurring widely in South Asia (e.g., India) to Southeast Asia (e.g., Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia) and Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris) occurring in New Guinea, Australia, and Pacific Islands. :

- Asian/Common/Grey-capped Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
- Pacific/Brown-capped Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)

    Size : 23–27 cm; 89–171 g, 100–131 g (natalis)

    

    (LC : Least Concern)

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Chalcophaps indica indica (Linnaeus, 1758)
  – Indian Subcontinent (S from Himalayan foothills), S China (SE Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan), Taiwan and S Ryukyu Is, and S through SE Asia and Philippines to Greater and Lesser Sundas (E to Alor), Sulawesi, Moluccas (except SE part) and W Papuan Is.
• Chalcophaps indica robinsoni (E. C. S. Baker, 1928)
  – Sri Lanka.
• Chalcophaps indica maxima (E. J. O. Hartert, 1931)
  – Andaman Is.
• Chalcophaps indica augusta Bonaparte, 1855)
  – Nicobar Is.
• Chalcophaps indica natalis (Lister, 1889)
  – Christmas I (S of Java).
• Chalcophaps indica minima (E. J. O. Hartert, 1931)
  – Islands of Numfor, Biak and Mios Num (Geelvink Bay), in NW New Guinea.

Chalcophaps indica ssp. indica
Date : 31 March 2018

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Chalcophaps indica ssp. indica
Date : 02 May 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang