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Yellow-billed Ground Dove

The Sulawesi Ground-dove, Gallicolumba tristigmata also known as Yellow-breasted Ground-dove is a medium-sized, approximately 35cm 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.


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Yellow-billed Ground Dove

An Indonesian 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.

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