Sulawesi Ground-dove

Sulawesi Ground-dove

Taxobox
name = Sulawesi Ground-dove
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Gallicolumba"
species = "G. tristigmata"
binomial = "Gallicolumba tristigmata"
binomial_authority = (Bonaparte, 1855)The Sulawesi Ground-dove, "Gallicolumba tristigmata" also known as Yellow-breasted Ground-dove is a medium-sized, approximately 35cm long, olive brown ground-dove with golden forehead, yellow breast, red legs, iridescence bluish-green crown ended with purple patch behind ear coverts, dark brown tail and white below. Both sexes are similar.

An Indonesian endemic, this elusive species is distributed to primary rainforests of Sulawesi in Wallacea. The Sulawesi Ground-dove is a terrestrial bird. Its diet consists mainly of seeds and fallen fruits taken from feeding grounds. The female lays a single white egg.

The Sulawesi Ground-dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2611&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=48818 IUCN Red List]


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