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Cinnamon Ground Dove (Gallicolumba rufigula)

Also known as the golden-heart dove, red throated ground-dove or the golden-heart pigeon, Gallicolumba rufigula is a species of ground dove that is distributed throughout Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and West Papua. Like other ground doves G. rufigula lives most of its live on the ground forages mainly in the leaf litter for fallen fruits and seeds.

Classification

Animalia-Chordata-Aves-Columbiformes-Columbidae-Gallicolumba-G. rufigula

Images: Peter van Zoest and Bernard Van Elegem

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