Great ground dove

Great ground dove Temporal range: Late Holocene
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Alopecoenas
Species:	A. nui
Binomial name
Alopecoenas nui Steadman, 1992
Synonyms
Gallicolumba nui

The great ground dove (Alopecoenas nui) is an extinct species of bird in the family Columbidae. It was found in Mangaia in the southern Cook Islands, and in French Polynesia where subfossil bones between 1000–2000 years old have been found in the Marquesas, as well as between 750–1250 years old at the Fa'ahia early occupation site on Huahine in the Society Islands.

References

• Kirchman, Jeremy J.; & Steadman, David W. (Online publication 2006). New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) From an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands. Pacific Science 60: 281.[1]
• Steadman, David W. (1992). New species of Gallicolumba and Macropygia (Aves: Columbidae) from archeological sites in Polynesia. In: Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, ed Jonathan J. Becker Science series Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 36 (1992): 329-348.
• Steadman, David W. (2006). Extinction and biogeography of tropical Pacific birds. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77142-7
• Steadman, David W.; & Pahlavan, Dominique S. (Online publication 21 December 2006). Extinction and biogeography of birds on huahine, society islands, French Polynesia. Geoarchaeology 7(5): 449-483.[2]