metallic pigeon, white-throated pigeon (Columba vitiensis) Description
English: « Ianthoenas griseogularis » = Columba vitiensis griseogularis (Subspecies of Metallic Pigeon)
Français: « Ianthoenas griseogularis » = Columba vitiensis griseogularis (Sous-espèce de Pigeon à gorge blanche)
Date 1872
Source The Ibis, ser. 3, vol. 2 http://archive.org/stream/ibis23brit#page/104/mode/2up
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IanthoenasGriseogularisKeulemans.jpg
The metallic pigeon, (Columba vitiensis) also known as white-throated pigeon is a medium-sized, up to 37 cm long, bird in the family Columbidae. The metallic pigeon is distributed to tropical forests of eastern Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa and surrounding southwest Pacific islands. Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae, Genus: Columba, Species: Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830.
