Pacific Emerald Dove
英文名：Pacific Emerald Dove（学名：Chalcophaps longirostris），是鸽形目鸠鸽科的鸟类。23–28厘米。小型深粉褐色至紫褐色鸠，翅具青铜色翠绿光泽；飞羽深褐色；下背具两道浅灰色横斑；嘴和腿橙色至褐红色。雄鸟：肩部具白斑。雌鸟：较褐；肩部具灰色斑记；腰部横斑不太明显。幼鸟：褐色，体羽具棕色和黑色横斑，翅上带绿色。单只、成对、结小群：在阴蔽处地面隐蔽取食；在定居点附近不怕人。在林间小径上先于观察者移动；带着响声离去；飞行低、快；穿梭于树干间，露出皮黄色翼下和飞羽上的栗色斑块；停栖后一动不动。
Pacific Emerald Dove
23-28 cm. Small dark pinkish brown to purplish brown pigeon with bronzed emerald-green wings; flight feathers dark brown; two pale grey bars cross lower back; bill and legs orange to maroon. Male: white shoulder-patch. Female: browner; grey mark on shoulder; less distinct bars on rump. Juvenile: brown, barred rufous and black on body, greenish on wings. Singles, pairs, parties: feeds unobtrusively on ground in shady cover; tame around settlement. Moves ahead of observer on forest tracks; departs with clatter; flight, low, fast; weaves through tree-trunks showing buff underwing and chestnut patch on flight feathers; settles, remains motionless.
- Other name
- Emerald Pigeon, Green Dove, Green-winged Pigeon, Emerald Dove.
- Voice
- 6 to 12 or more low-pitched moaning coos, starting softly and accelerating; also nasal 'hoo-hoo-hoon'.
- Habitat
- edges/clearings in rainforest; tropical, subtropical scrubs; wet eucalypt forest; lantana, coastal heaths, scrubs, mangroves, fruiting trees, farms, gardens; drier habitats in winter.
- Breeding
- spring-early summer in se. Aust.; late dry season, early wet in n. Aust.
- Nest
- scanty platform of twigs in shrub, tree limb or fork; fern, vine or lantana, up to 5 m.
- Eggs
- 2; creamy-white.
- Range & Status
- coastal n. and e. Aust. and islands: race longirostris from c. Walcott Inlet, Kimberley (WA) through Top End (NT); race rogersi from C. York Pen. (Q), s. through coastal e. Aust. to c. Shoalhaven R. (NSW), casual s. Vic. and sw. WA; also Lord Howe and Norfolk Is. Common, dispersive, nomadic.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Chalcophaps longirostris longirostris 2. Chalcophaps longirostris rogersi
