Sulawesi Ground Dove
NAME:
Sulawesi Ground Dove
CLASS:
Aves
GENUS:
Gallicolumba
SPECIES:
G. tristigmata
LENGTH:
35 cm.
LIFESPAN:
10-12 yrs. (estimated)
DIET:
Seeds and fallen fruits, small invertebrates.
RANGE
Sulawesi in Wallacea, Indonesia
HABITAT
Primary Rainforest
CHARACTERISTICS
The Sulawesi Ground Dove is olive brown with golden-colored feathers on its forehead. These medium-sized doves also have yellow breasts, red legs, and iridescence bluish-green crowns ended with purple patch behind ear coverts. Both sexes are similar in appearance.
REPRODUCTION
The Sulawesi Ground Dove lays a single, white egg.
ANIMAL FUN FACT!
Sulawesi Ground Doves require sunlight to produce certain vitamins.
The scientific name of the Sulawesi Ground Dove means “3 stigmata” due to the 3 purple patches of feathers on the animal.