Stephan's emerald dove

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| name = Stephan's emerald dove

| image = Chalcophaps stephani, Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 107896358.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Chalcophaps stephani |volume=2018 |page=e.T22690657A131925681 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22690657A131925681.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Chalcophaps

| species = stephani

| authority = Reichenbach, 1851

| synonyms =

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Stephan's emerald dove also known as Stephan's dove (Chalcophaps stephani) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Sulawesi, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It is the most genetically divergent species in the genus Chalcophaps.{{Cite journal |last1=DeRaad |first1=Devon A. |last2=Manthey |first2=Joseph D. |last3=Ostrow |first3=Emily N. |last4=DeCicco |first4=Lucas H. |last5=Andersen |first5=Michael J. |last6=Hosner |first6=Peter A. |last7=Shult |first7=Hannah T. |last8=Joseph |first8=Leo |last9=Dumbacher |first9=John P. |last10=Moyle |first10=Robert G. |date=January 2022 |title=Population connectivity across a highly fragmented distribution: Phylogeography of the Chalcophaps doves |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=166 |pages=107333 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107333 |issn=1055-7903|doi-access=free |pmid=34688879 |bibcode=2022MolPE.16607333D }}

It is a small compact dove with a short tail, 23–25 cm long, with a purple-brown body, and iridescent (green to blue depending on light angle; blackish in poor light) wings. The male has a clearly defined white forehead, the female a dull grey forehead. The legs are brown, the bill red. There are three subspecies:{{cite web | title=Pigeons – IOC World Bird List | website=IOC World Bird List – Version 14.2 | date=2024-08-17 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/pigeons/ | access-date=2024-11-20}}

• C. s. wallacei Bruggemann, 1877.
• C. s. stephani Reichenbach, 1851.
• C. s. mortoni E. P. Ramsay, 1882.