{{short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Marquesan ground dove | image = Marquesan ground dove (cropped).jpg | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2017 |title=''Alopecoenas rubescens'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T22691061A118535609 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22691061A118535609.en |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> | genus = Pampusana | species = rubescens | authority = (Vieillot, 1818) | synonyms = * ''Columba rubescens'' <small>Vieillot, 1818</small> * ''Gallicolumba rubescens'' * ''Alopecoenas rubescens'' }}
The '''Marquesan ground dove''' or '''Marquesas ground dove''' ('''''Pampusana rubescens''''') is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
It is currently classified as endangered by the IUCN.<ref name="IUCN"/>
This species was formerly in the genus ''Alopecoenas'' Sharpe, 1899, but the name of the genus was changed in 2019 to ''Pampusana'' Bonaparte, 1855 as this name has priority.<ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Bruce | first1=M. | last2=Bahr | first2=N. | last3=David | first3=N. | year=2016 | title=''Pampusanna'' vs. ''Pampusana'': a nomenclatural conundrum resolved, along with associated errors and oversights | journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club | volume=136 | pages=86–100 | url=https://boc-online.org/bulletins/downloads/BBOC1362-Bruce.pdf }}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2019 | title=Pigeons | work=World Bird List Version 9.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/pigeons/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=25 June 2019 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2620&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
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Marquesan ground dove Category:Birds of the Marquesas Islands Marquesan ground dove Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Endemic fauna of French Polynesia Marquesan ground dove Category:Endemic birds of French Polynesia Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN <!-- Pampusana rubescens -->
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