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White-breasted Ground Dove
Pampusana jobiensis (A. B. Meyer, 1875)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Purple Ground Dove, also White-breasted Ground Dove (Gallicolumba jobiensis) - San Diego Zoo
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Open encyclopedia reference
The white-breasted ground dove, white-bibbed ground dove, or purple ground dove (Pampusana jobiensis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
This species was formerly in the genus Alopecoenas Sharpe, 1899, but the name of the genus was changed in 2019 to Pampusana Bonaparte, 1855 as this name has priority.
Wikipedia contributors, White-breasted ground dove; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:32:53.566030+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pampusana jobiensis (A. B. Meyer, 1875)
- Name authority
- (A. B. Meyer, 1875)
- Common name
- White-breasted Ground Dove
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Pampusana
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderColumbiformes
- familyColumbidae
- subfamilyRaphinae
- genusPampusana Bonaparte, 1855
- speciesPampusana jobiensis (A. B. Meyer, 1875)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pampusana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze Ground DovePampusana beccarii (Salvadori, 1876) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palau Ground DovePampusana canifrons (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Polynesian Ground DovePampusana erythroptera (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tanna Ground DovePampusana ferruginea (J. R. Forster, 1844) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Wetar Ground DovePampusana hoedtii (Schlegel, 1871) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-fronted Ground DovePampusana kubaryi (Finsch, 1880) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marquesan Ground DovePampusana rubescens (Vieillot, 1818) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated Ground DovePampusana xanthonura (Temminck, 1823) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thick-billed Ground DovePampusana salamonis (E. P. Ramsay, 1882) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Norfolk Ground DovePampusana norfolkensis (Forshaw, 2015) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Santa Cruz Ground DovePampusana sanctaecrucis (Mayr, 1935) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shy Ground DovePampusana stairi (G. R. Gray, 1856) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gallicolumba jobiensis (A. B. Meyer, 1875) (A. B. Meyer, 1875) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1125234 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4C926. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.