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title: "Asian Emerald Dove"
description: "Chalcophaps indica — Birds. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/asian-emerald-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asian Emerald Dove

> Chalcophaps indica — Birds. 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.

- Scientific name: *Chalcophaps indica*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 5247
- Wikidata: [Q795565](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795565)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508097](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508097)

## Names

- en: Asian Emerald Dove
- de: Glanzkäfertaube
- es: Palomita esmeralda dorsiverde
- fr: Colombine turvert
- nl: Smaragdduif
- pt: Rola-da-índia
- pl: Miedzianka szmaragdowa

## Countries with the most observations

TW (1096), SG (697), IN (607), TH (440), HK (334), LK (319), MY (302), ID (195), CN (194), PH (132), VN (98), CX (76)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_emerald_dove

## Photo

![Asian Emerald Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-emerald-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272662917

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/asian-emerald-dove?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).