Buru mountain pigeon

The Buru mountain pigeon (Gymnophaps mada) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Indonesia.

Buru mountain pigeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Gymnophaps
Species:
G. mada
Binomial name
Gymnophaps mada
(Hartert, 1899)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2014). "Gymnophaps mada". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rheindt, F.E., and R.O. Hutchinson. 2007. A photoshot odyssey through the confused avian taxonomy of Seram and Buru (southern Moluccas). BirdingASIA 7: 18–38.


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