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Common emerald dove

Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus, 1758)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 136 g to 137 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
Photo: Tisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the common emerald dove

Weight
136.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
15 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the common emerald dove live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The common emerald dove is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the common emerald dove?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The emerald dove or common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica), also called Asian emerald dove and grey-capped emerald dove, is a widespread resident breeding pigeon native to the tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The dove is also known by the names of green dove and green-winged pigeon. The common emerald dove is the state bird of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Pacific emerald dove and Stephan's emerald dove were both considered conspecific.

From the Wikipedia article “Common emerald dove” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_emerald_dove&oldid=1374041755), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the common emerald dove endangered?

The common emerald dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the common emerald dove classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusChalcophaps
  7. SpeciesChalcophaps indica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Chalcophaps formosama, Columba chrysochlora, Columba indica

Other names and names in other languages (62)
  • Asian emerald doveEnglish
  • Emerald doveEnglish
  • Gray-capped emerald doveEnglish
  • Grey-capped emerald doveEnglish
  • يمام زمردي شائعArabic
  • يمام زمردي اسيويArabic
  • সবুজ ঘুঘুBangla
  • tórtora maragda capgrisaCatalan
  • Tórtora verda de l'ÍndiaCatalan
  • holub zelenokřídlýCzech
  • Turtur EmralltWelsh
  • GrønvingedueDanish
  • Dove GrønvingedueDanish
  • GlanztaubeGerman
  • GlanzkäfertaubeGerman
  • Graukappen-GlanztaubeGerman
  • GraukappenglanztaubeGerman
  • GrünflügeltaubeGerman
  • Smeralda kolomboEsperanto
  • grizkapa smeraldkolomboEsperanto
  • Palomita esmeralda cabecigrísSpanish
  • palomita esmeralda dorsiverdeSpanish
  • smaragdtuviEstonian
  • smaragdikyyhkyFinnish
  • Colombine turvertFrench
  • Tourtelette turvertFrench
  • पन्ना कबूतरHindi
  • zelenokrili golubCroatian
  • zöldszárnyú galambHungarian
  • Delimukan zamrudIndonesian
  • Tortora smeraldina comuneItalian
  • キンバトJapanese
  • ಹರಳುಚೋಳೆKannada
  • paprastasis smaragdinis purplelisLithuanian
  • zaļspārnu ūbeleLatvian
  • ഓമന പ്രാവ്Malayalam
  • पाचू कवडाMarathi
  • Burung Punai TanahMalay
  • ချိုးစိမ်းBurmese
  • SmaragdduifDutch
  • smaragddueNorwegian
  • miedzianka szmaragdowaPolish
  • ہری کگیWestern Panjabi
  • rola-da-índiaPortuguese
  • rola-esmeraldaPortuguese
  • rola-esmeralda-de-cabeça-cinzentaPortuguese
  • Изумрудный голубьRussian
  • Изумрудная горлицаRussian
  • lesklica zelenokrídlaSlovak
  • Azijski smaragdni golubSerbian
  • SmaragdduvaSwedish
  • asiatisk smaragdduvaSwedish
  • மரகதப்புறாTamil
  • นกเขาเขียวThai
  • Zümrütkanat KumruTurkish
  • голуб-зеленокрил індійськийUkrainian
  • LiivhaVenda
  • Cu luồngVietnamese
  • 綠翅金鳩Chinese
  • 绿翅金鸠Chinese
  • 翠翼鳩Chinese
  • 翠翼鳩〔綠背金鳩，灰枕翠翼鳩〕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the common emerald dove

Other species in the same genus Chalcophaps.

CompareCommon emerald dove vs Stephan's emerald doveCommon emerald dove vs Pacific emerald dove

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common emerald dove?

An adult common emerald dove weighs 136.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the common emerald dove live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the common emerald dove for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the common emerald dove endangered?

The common emerald dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the common emerald dove?

The common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-emerald-dove

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{common_emerald_dove_2026,
  title = {Common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-emerald-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}