Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Christmas Island Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica natalis), also known as the Christmas Island Green-winged Pigeon, is a bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. It is a distinctive subspecies of the Emerald Dove that is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean.The Christmas Island Emerald Dove is a small brownish pigeon with green wings. It is some 23–26 cm long, with a 43–46 cm wingspan and a weight of 80-135 g. It is smaller than the mainland Australian subspecies of the dove and differs from them by the adult male having a contrasting light grey cap, with a prominent white forehead, white supercilium extending behind the eye, and a mainly rufous-brown shoulder patch with only a narrow white line along the edge. The adult female has a darker, red-brown head, neck and underparts, lacking the grey and white on the head as well as the pale shoulder patch.

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