Wetar Ground Dove

The Wetar Dove ( Gallicolumba hoedtii ) is a pigeon of the genus Indo-Pacific Earth Dove ( Gallicolumba ). It is endemic in the region of Wallacea on the small Sunda Islands and Timor Wetar. 2005 was photographed for the first time a living specimen in East Timor. It came from the region around Betano. Before that there was only backed sightings at three locations in West Timor and about 20 bellows from the early days of the 19th century, one of which was not known where the birds were killed.

Description

This type reaches a size of 27 cm. The head of the male is colored light blue gray. The throat is gray-white. The coloration of the back neck is reddish brown, paler towards the neck it is and goes into a pale creamy white on the chest above, the strongly accented by a black - colored belly. A glossy violet band extends from the sides of the chest to the shoulder. The underside is chestnut -colored. The females have a more uniform color. In their head, neck and breast are bright rust- brown to chestnut brown and the underside of the belly, and olive brown.

Way of life

Little is known about their way of life. The Wetar Dove inhabited monsoon forests in the valleys and forested regions possibly at an altitude up to 950 m. Their habitat is characterized by high annual rainfall. She thinks she probably partly nomadic in bamboo on. The birds that have been observed in East Timor in 2005, held on only in gallery forest. Your breeding area is probably in wet forests with rivers. She lives much a loner and looking on the ground for food as their peers. Judging by her cries for, it evidently breeds in the canopy. The breeding season is apparently in the dry season.