Columba ænea Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 283.
Carpophaga ænea Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 190,
193 (part); Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 64; Oates, Cat. Birds'
Eggs (1901), 1, 85.
Muscadivora ænea McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 11
(part).
Bongao (Everett); Sulu (Burbidge, Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester);
Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). Indian Peninsula, Ceylon,
Indo-Chinese countries, Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands.
Adult (sexes alike).--Head, neck, and abdomen gray, tinged
with vinaceous; breast gray; forehead and chin whitish; under
tail-coverts dark chestnut; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and
wings metallic green, mixed with metallic copper-color; primaries
and secondaries blackish with mealy edges. "Iris red; bill gray;
region of nostrils dull red; edges of eyelids, legs, and feet purplish
red." (Oates.) Length, about 450; wing, 240; tail, 150; exposed culmen,
23; tarsus, 27. Female slightly smaller than male.