Gallicolumba rufigula
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.
Not Threatened.
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.
22-24 cm, 121-137 g
Taxonomy:
- Peristera rufigula Pucheran, 1853, Triton Bay, New Guinea. Closely related to the bleeding-heart superspecies (G. luzonica and allies) and sometimes isolated with them in the subgenus Gallicolumba. Five subspecies recognized (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Subspecies and Distribution:
- * rufigula (Pucheran, 1853) - W Papuan Is. * septentrionalis (Rand, 1941) - N New Guinea E to Huon Gulf. * helviventris (Rosenberg, 1867) - S New Guinea from R Waitakwa E to R Fly; Aru Is. * alaris (Rand, 1941) - S New Guinea E to Karimui (Chimbu Province). * orientalis (Rand, 1941) - SE New Guinea, W to R Mambare and R Angabunga.
Primary rain forest and monsoon forest, from sea-level up to 1000 m, ocassionaly up to 1700 m.
Diet consists of seeds, fallen fruits and insect. Considered to be more insectivorous than Ch.indica and C. Stephani.
Season apparently prolonged from later part of dry season through rainy season, nestling recorded in Aug. Species could be partially nomadic, based on population fluctuations.