Thick-billed ground pigeon
| Thick-billed ground pigeon | |
|---|---|
| Illustration by John Gould | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Trugon Gray, 1849 |
| Species: | T. terrestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Trugon terrestris G.R. Gray, 1849 | |
The thick-billed ground pigeon (Trugon terrestris), also known as the jungle pigeon or the slaty/grey ground pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is monotypic within the genus Trugon. Native to New Guinea, its natural habitat is moist tropical lowland forest.