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Species
Gallicolumba rufigula Pucheran, 1853
Nomenclature
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Family: ColumbidaeGenus: Gallicolumba
Species:
Gallicolumba rufigula Pucheran, 1853
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Cinnamon Ground Dove, Goldenheart, Red-throated/Rufous Ground-dove, Chestnut/Rufous/Yellow-and-brown Quail-dove
SUMMARY
Forehead rufous buff, face pale pinkish buff with band of gbluyish grey above and behind eye, rest of upperparts and sides of braest violaceous grey-brown to reddish brown, grey edges to WC forming series of bars on closed wing. Centre of throat, breast and underparts white with central breast golden yellow, UnW-C banded blackish and white. Central tail feather purlis red. Sexes alike, but female slightly paler on breast and forehead. Juvenile has centre of breast reddish brown and pale rufous ending to wing coverts.