Gallicolumba

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Gallicolumba
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Luzon bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba luzonica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Columbinae
Genus: Gallicolumba
Heck, 1849 [1]
Type species
Columba cruenta [2]
Gmelin, 1789
Diversity
See text
Synonyms

PhlegoenasReichenbach, 1852

Gallicolumba is a mid-sized genus of ground-dwelling doves (family Columbidae) 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.

Contents

This genus includes the bleeding-hearts known from the Philippines. Most are named for 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.

Systematics and extinctions

Gallicolumba might be ranked as a (very small) subfamily, but the available data suggests that they are better considered part of a quite basal radiation of Columbidae which consists of many small and often bizarre lineages (e.g. Goura and Otidiphaps which are ecologically convergent to Galliformes, and maybe even the famous didines (Raphinae).

The genus contains seven species: [3]

Many of the Pacific ground doves were removed from Gallicolumba (which was non-monophyletic) and reassigned to the genus Alopecoenas , which was later renamed Pampusana . [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Johann Georg Heck: Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon. Verlag Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1849.
  2. "Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  3. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. Jønsson, K.A.; Irestedt, M.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Christidis, L.; Fjeldså, J. (2011). "Systematics and biogeography of Indo-Pacific ground-doves". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 59 (2): 538–543. Bibcode:2011MolPE..59..538J. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.01.007. PMID   21256968.
  5. Moyle, R.G.; Jones, R.M.; Andersen, M.J. (2013). "A reconsideration of Gallicolumba (Aves: Columbidae) relationships using fresh source material reveals pseudogenes, chimeras, and a novel phylogenetic hypothesis". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (3): 1060–1066. Bibcode:2013MolPE..66.1060M. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.024. PMID   23220516.

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