White-breasted ground dove

White-breasted ground dove
At San Diego Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Gallicolumba
Species: G. jobiensis
Binomial name
Gallicolumba jobiensis
(Meyer, 1875)

The white-breasted ground dove, white-bibbed ground dove, or purple ground dove (Gallicolumba jobiensis), is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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