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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Columbidae .
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Species include black-naped fruit pigeon Ptilinopus melanospila, large brown cuckoo dove Macropygia phasianella, emerald dove Chalcophaps indica, collared kingfisher Halcyon chloris and yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier.
Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009
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The bronze-winged dove (_Chalcophaps indica_) I have never observed at any hill-station, but it is abundant in the lower ranges and in the Terai.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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