---
title: "Pacifische smaragdduif"
description: "Chalcophaps longirostris — Vogels. The Pacific emerald dove or brown-capped emerald dove (Chalcophaps longirostris) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Indonesia, northern and eastern Australia, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pacific-emerald-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pacifische smaragdduif

> Chalcophaps longirostris — Vogels. The Pacific emerald dove or brown-capped emerald dove (Chalcophaps longirostris) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Indonesia, northern and eastern Australia, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Chalcophaps longirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1715
- Wikidata: [Q2984173](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2984173)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508098](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508098)

## Names

- en: Pacific Emerald Dove
- de: Braunkappenglanztaube
- es: Palomita Esmeralda Cabeciparda
- fr: Colombine du Pacifique
- nl: Pacifische smaragdduif
- pl: Miedzianka brązowogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1397), VU (68), NC (47), NF (32), TL (16), ID (3)

## Summary

The Pacific emerald dove or brown-capped emerald dove (Chalcophaps longirostris) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Indonesia, northern and eastern Australia, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea. It was formerly conspecific with the common emerald dove.

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

## Photo

![Pacifische smaragdduif](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-emerald-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Barb · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143704528

## Machine access

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