Common Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica natalis ‡
Christmas Island IMG_2520 20190217 - male
Notes: AKA Christmas Island Emerald Dove. Like
Pacific Emerald Dove
but
Male: grey cap, broad white forehead, bold eyebrow stripe;
Female: grey
confined to forecrown, reduced white forehead &
eyebrow-stripe.
In rainforests, roadsides, foraging on the ground.
Range from Morcombe©
