Cinnamon Ground Dove
Gallicolumba rufigula
A medium-sized ground dove of lowland and foothill forest. Reddish back and wings interspersed with pale blue-gray, diagonal bars. White from throat to belly, edged with black and a messy yellow-orange smudge in the center of the chest. Bobs its head as it walks actively on the ground foraging for seeds and sometimes invertebrates, including worms. Flutters wings when alarmed. Pale, diagonal bars in the wing differentiate it from any other ground-dove. Call, a deep, warbling trill, getting lower and softer at the end.
Identification
The Cinnamon ground dove is around 22–24 cm long and can weigh anywhere from 121-137g. It has a red 'blushing' mark on its head with a light brown, grey colour covering its over-body it has a yellow marking on its belly which is surrounded by white. Some have blue markings on their heads and body. This Medium-sized ground dove, mostly inhabitant of lowland forests and foothills. Their reddish back and wings punctuated by pale grey-blue diagonal motifs that truly made them much different than other birds in the same species.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Gallicolumba rufigula
- Authority
- (Pucheran, 1853)
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Gallicolumba
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Nomadic movement
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
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Distribution
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