Backyard Birds

Pigeons and Doves Found in Vanuatu

Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean


Listing of birds found on Vanuatu


Please scroll down for Alphabetic Index of Land / Forest Birds Found on Vanuatu

Claret-breasted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus viridis)

Common Pigeon aka Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) – Introduced species)

Mackinlay’s Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia mackinlayi)

Metallic Pigeon (Columba vitiensis)

Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris) – Endemic

Pacific Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pacifica)

Red-bellied Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus greyii) – Near-endemic

Santa Cruz Ground-dove (Gallicolumba sanctaecrucis) – Endangered

Tanna Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus tannensis) – Endemic

Vanuatu Imperial Pigeon or Baker’s Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bakeri) – Endemic

 
 
 

Gordon Ramel

Gordon is an ecologist with two degrees from Exeter University. He's also a teacher, a poet and the owner of 1,152 books. Oh - and he wrote this website.

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