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Gallicolumba
Sign in to saveGallicolumba is a mid-sized genus of ground-dwelling doves (family Columbidae), most of which occur in rainforests on the Philippines. Local name 'punay' which is a general term for pigeons and doves. They are not closely related to the American ground doves genus (Columbina and related genera). Rather, the present genus is closest to the thick-billed ground pigeon.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderColumbiformes
- FamilyColumbidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 170
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Columbidae
- Collections
- USNM, ANWC, CRCM, UCM, ROM, NMV
- Recorded in
- Pitcairn Island, Australia, Northern Mariana Islands, United States, Guam, Papua New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Gallicolumba is a mid-sized genus of ground-dwelling doves (family Columbidae), most of which occur in rainforests on the Philippines. Local name 'punay' which is a general term for pigeons and doves. They are not closely related to the American ground doves genus (Columbina and related genera). Rather, the present genus is closest to the thick-billed ground pigeon.
The Filipino species are known as bleeding-hearts due to their vivid-red patch on the breast, which looks startlingly like a bleeding wound in some species and has reminded naturalists of a dagger stab. The diet of doves of this genus consists of fruits and seed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gallicolumba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.