Cinnamon Ground Dove

SCI Name:  Gallicolumba rufigula
Protonym:  Peristera rufigula Voy.PoleSudZool. 3 Mamm.Ois. p.118
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Gallicolumba
Taxonomy Code:  cigdov2
Type Locality:  No locality, based entirely on pi. 27, f. 2 of the ''Atlas, Zoologie = Triton Bay, New Guinea.
Author:  Pucheran
Publish Year:  1853
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GALLICOLUMBA
(Columbidae; Ϯ Luzon Bleeding-heart G. luzonica) Portmanteau of genera Gallus Brisson, 1760, fowl, and Columba Linnaeus, 1758, pigeon; "Die Gattung Hühnertaube, Gallicolumba s. Columbi-Gallina: Lauf länger, dicker, Schnabel schlank, biegsam; leben gesellig und suchen die Nahrung am Boden wie die Hühner, sind auch meist so groß.   Die blutfleckige Taube, Gallicolumba cruenta (Taf. 67 Fig. 14), auf den Philippinen, zeichnet sich vorzüglich durch einen blutfarbigen Fleck auf der Brust aus." (Heck 1849); "Gallicolumba Heck, Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon, 1, 1849, p. 434. Type, by monotypy, Gallicolumba cruenta [(Gmelin)] = Columba luzonica Scopoli." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 133).   
Synon. Diopezus, Pampusanna, Plegoenas.

rufigula
L. rufus red; gula throat.
● ex “Péristère à gorge rousse” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1845 (Gallicolumba).
● ex “Petit Merle brun à gorge rousse de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 644, fig. 2 (Gymnopithys).

SUBSPECIES

Cinnamon Ground Dove (rufigula)
SCI Name: Gallicolumba rufigula rufigula
rufigula
L. rufus red; gula throat.
● ex “Péristère à gorge rousse” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1845 (Gallicolumba).
● ex “Petit Merle brun à gorge rousse de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 644, fig. 2 (Gymnopithys).

Cinnamon Ground Dove (septentrionalis)
SCI Name: Gallicolumba rufigula septentrionalis
septentrionale / septentrionales / septentrionalis / septentrionalium
L. septemtrionalis  northern  < septemtrio  north.
● Erroneous TL "Northern parts of America" (= Tonga Tabu); ex “Northern Shrike” of Latham 1781 (syn. Clytorhynchus vitiensis).

Cinnamon Ground Dove (helviventris)
SCI Name: Gallicolumba rufigula helviventris
helviventer / helviventris
L. helvus  pale yellow, buff; venter, ventris  belly.

Cinnamon Ground Dove (alaris)
SCI Name: Gallicolumba rufigula alaris
alaris
L. alaris or alarius  of the wing, upon the wing  < ala  wing.

Cinnamon Ground Dove (orientalis)
SCI Name: Gallicolumba rufigula orientalis
orientale / orientalis
L. orientalis  eastern, oriental  < oriens, orientis  east.
● Asia; ex “Anser moschoviticus” of Albin 1731-1738, and “Anser chinensis” of Linnaeus 1747 (syn. Anser cygnoides).
● India; ex Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758, “Grus orientalis” of Brisson 1760, and “Indian Crane” of Latham 1785 (syn. Antigone antigone).
● East Indies (= Seram and New Guinea); ex “Casoar des Indes orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 313 (syn. Casuarius casuarius).
● India; ex “Eastern Parrot” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Eclectus roratus).
● East Indies (= Amboina); ex “Coucou noir des Indes” (= ♂) and “Coucou tacheté des Indes” (=♀) of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Eudynamys scolopaceus).
● East Indies (=Java); ex “Rollier des Indes” of Brisson 1760 (Eurystomus).
● East Indies; ex “Merula indica” of Brisson 1760, “Merle des Indes Orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 273, fig. 2, and “Ash-rumped Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage nigra).
● India; ex “Indian Bee-eater” and “Coromandel Bee-eater” of Latham 1782-1787 (Merops).
● Asia; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus” of previous authors (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).
● "91. TETRAO.  ...  orientalis.  12. T. pedibus antice pilosis: abdomine gulaque atra, collari ferrugineo, cauda cuneiformi.  Tetrao orientalis. Hasselq. it. 278. n. 43.  Perdix damascena. Will. orn. 128.  Francolin. Tournef. it. I. p. 158. t. 158.  Habitat in Oriente." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pterocles).
● China; ex “Tourterelle brune de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Chinese Turtle” of Latham 1783 (Streptopelia).
● China; ex “China Owl” of Latham 1801 (syn. Strix seloputo).