Gallicolumba jobiensis chalconota Mayr, 1935:2
Solomons white-bibbed ground dove, Solomon Islands ground-dove
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 15 November 1927 (Mayr, 1935) or later; 1930's (Hume & Walters, 2012:152); early 1940's? (Donaghho, 1950)
Distribution
Vella Lavella Island, Solomon Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from four specimens.
Holotype: AMNH 220556 (Mayr, 1935)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mayr, Ernst. (1935). Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea expedition, XXX: descriptions of twenty-five new species and subspecies. American Museum Novitates 820: 1-6.
Other references:
Donaghho, Walter R. (1950). Observations of some birds of Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Condor 52(3): 127-132.
Dutson, G. (2011). Birds of Melanesia: The Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Princeton University Press.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.
http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/3965/N0828.pdf?sequence=1