Shy Ground Dove

When to see the Shy Ground Dove

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Shy Ground Dove

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Wallis & Futuna.

About the Shy Ground Dove

The shy ground dove, also known as the Tongan ground dove or friendly ground dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Easily confused with

Bronze Ground DovePampusana beccariiThe bronze ground dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. Palau Ground DovePampusana canifronsThis dove is about 21 cm (8.3 in) long. White-breasted Ground DovePampusana jobiensisThe white-breasted ground dove, white-bibbed ground dove, or purple ground dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.