White-throated Ground-dove
- White-throated Ground-dove
Taxobox
name = White Throated Ground Dove
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Male White Throated Ground Dove
at Louisville Zoo
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Gallicolumba"
species = "G. xanthonura"
binomial = "Gallicolumba xanthonura"
binomial_authority = (Temminck, 1823)
The White Throated Ground Dove ("Gallicolumba xanthonura") is a species of ground dove in the genus "Gallicolumba". Their distribution is on the Northern Mariana Islands inhabiting the native forests. It has become extirpated from Guam (to USA) by predation from the introduced brown tree snake Boiga irregularis. Single birds do turn up once every few years but are most likely individuals dispersing from the island of Rota. The birds are shy and tend to keep well hidden.
*Habitat/Distribution: Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist ,Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
*Threats: Habitat Loss/Degradation, Invasive alien species, Harvesting
Appearance
The male White Throated Ground Dove has a chocolate brown body with white head and breast while the females are shades of brown with no white on the body.
References
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/8851/all The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]
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