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Cinnamon ground dove

Gallicolumba rufigula (Pucheran, 1853)

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The cinnamon ground dove (Gallicolumba rufigula) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 130 g to 136 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Cinnamon ground dove (Gallicolumba rufigula)
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Quick facts about the cinnamon ground dove

Weight
130 g – 136 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the cinnamon ground dove live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The cinnamon ground dove is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the cinnamon ground dove?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The cinnamon ground dove (Gallicolumba rufigula) also known as golden-heart dove, red-throated ground dove or golden-heart pigeon is a species of ground-dwelling dove in the genus Gallicolumba.

It is native to New Guinea.

From the Wikipedia article “Cinnamon ground dove” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cinnamon_ground_dove&oldid=1314377106), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the cinnamon ground dove endangered?

The cinnamon ground dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the cinnamon ground dove classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusGallicolumba
  7. SpeciesGallicolumba rufigula (Pucheran, 1853)

Synonyms Peristera rufigula

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Cinnamon ground-doveEnglish
  • Cinnamon ground-doveEnglish
  • Cinnamon ground-doveEnglish
  • Golden-heart doveEnglish
  • يمام ذهبي القلبArabic
  • يمام الأرض القرفةArabic
  • colom pitdauratCatalan
  • holub zlatoprsýCzech
  • aderyn caloneuraidWelsh
  • Guldbrystet PurpurdueDanish
  • GoldbrusttaubeGerman
  • orbrusta kokokolomboEsperanto
  • Paloma perdiz pechidoradaSpanish
  • kuldrind-maatuviEstonian
  • kultarintakyyhkyFinnish
  • Gallicolombe à poitrine d'orFrench
  • Gallicolombe à poitrine d’orFrench
  • žutoprsi golubCroatian
  • aranymellű csillagosgalambHungarian
  • Delimukan pomoIndonesian
  • Tortorina cannellaItalian
  • キンムネバトJapanese
  • gelsvakrūtis vištinis karvelisLithuanian
  • GeelhartpatrijsduifDutch
  • gulbrystjorddueNorwegian
  • wyspiarek złotopierśnyPolish
  • pomba-de-peito-douradoPortuguese
  • pombo-terrestre-de-peito-douradoPortuguese
  • Желтогрудый куриный голубьRussian
  • holubček škoricovýSlovak
  • Papuanski golubić sa tlaSerbian
  • gulbröstad markduvaSwedish
  • Tarçın Renkli Yer KumrusuTurkish
  • голуб жовтогрудийUkrainian
  • 紅喉雞鳩Chinese
  • 红喉鸡鸠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the cinnamon ground dove

Other species in the same genus Gallicolumba.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cinnamon ground dove?

An adult cinnamon ground dove weighs 130 g – 136 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the cinnamon ground dove live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the cinnamon ground dove for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the cinnamon ground dove endangered?

The cinnamon ground dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the cinnamon ground dove?

The cinnamon ground dove (Gallicolumba rufigula) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{cinnamon_ground_dove_2026,
  title = {Cinnamon ground dove (Gallicolumba rufigula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cinnamon-ground-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}