Cinnamon Ground-dove

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Cinnamon Ground-dove
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae Genus: Gallicolumba Species: G. rufigula
Binomial name
Gallicolumba rufigula Pucheran, 1853

The Cinnamon Ground-dove, (Gallicolumba rufigula) also known as Golden-heart Dove, Red-throated Ground-dove or Golden-heart Pigeon is a species of ground-dwelling dove in the genus Gallicolumba.

Their distribution is in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Sub Species

The Cinnamon Ground-dove has four subspecies as followed:

• Gallicolumba rufigula alaris
• Gallicolumba rufigula helviventris
• Gallicolumba rufigula orientalis
• Gallicolumba rufigula rufigula
• Gallicolumba rufigula septentrionalis

[edit] References

• Information on Gallicolumba rufigula