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The species Tanna Ground-Dove is extinct. |
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- Gallicolumba ferruginea
Identification
Extinct.
Female - rusty brown head and breast, dark red to purple back, dark green wings, primaries brown-grey with narrow pale edges, grey abdomen. Male - white forehead, supercilium and lower part of the head, throat and breast, red-black belly, black bill with a slightly swollen cere, yellow iris and red feet.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
It is believed to have fed on wild nutmeg.
