Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Cinnamon Ground-dove (Gallicolumba rufigula) - HBW 4, p. 180

French: Gallicolombe à poitrine d'or German: Goldbrusttaube Spanish: Paloma-perdiz Pechidorada
Other common names: Goldenheart, Red-throated/Rufous Ground-dove, Chestnut/Rufous/Yellow-and-brown Quail-dove

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.

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.

See all 5 subspecies

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.