Sulawesi Ground-dove
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The Sulawesi Ground Dove, Gallicolumba tristigmata also known as Yellow-breasted Ground-dove is a medium-sized, approximately 35 cm long, olive brown ground-dove with golden forehead, yellow breast, red legs, iridescence bluish-green crown ended with purple patch behind ear coverts, dark brown tail and white below. Both sexes are similar.
An Indonesia
n endemic
, this elusive species is distributed to primary rainforests of Sulawesi
in Wallacea
. The Sulawesi Ground Dove is a terrestrial
bird. Its diet consists mainly of seeds and fallen fruits taken from feeding grounds. The female lays a single white egg.
The Sulawesi Ground Dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List
of Threatened Species.
An Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n endemic
Endemism in birds
An endemic bird area is a region of the world that contains two or more restricted-range species, while a "secondary area" contains one or more restricted-range species. Both terms were devised by Birdlife International....
, this elusive species is distributed to primary rainforests of Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
in Wallacea
Wallacea
Wallacea is a biogeographical designation for a group of Indonesian islands separated by deep water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves. Wallacea includes Sulawesi, the largest island in the group, as well as Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Timor, Halmahera, Buru, Seram, and...
. The Sulawesi Ground Dove is a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
bird. Its diet consists mainly of seeds and fallen fruits taken from feeding grounds. The female lays a single white egg.
The Sulawesi Ground Dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...
of Threatened Species.