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Columbiformes / Columbidae / Trugon

Thick-billed Ground Pigeon

Trugon terrestris

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (tbgpig2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Trugon

Subspecies (3)

Trugon terrestris leucopareia

southern New Guinea (Setekwa River to Milne Bay)
Trugon terrestris mayri

north-central New Guinea (Mamberamo River to Humboldt Bay)
Trugon terrestris terrestris

northwestern New Guinea eastward to Cenderawasih Bay (northwestern New Guinea) and Etna bays, including Salawati (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (tbgpig2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.