Sulawesi Ground Dove (Gallicolumba tristigmata) [XC366995]
by id from Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom (call, song)
Subspecies
A distinctive form of uncertain affinities, considered to be most closely allied to the bleeding-heart superspecies (Luzon Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica) and allies) and to Cinnamon Ground-Dove (Gallicolumba rufigula). Has been placed in its own subgenus, Diopezus, by some authorities.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
tristigmata (Bonaparte, 1855) - Northern and north-central Sulawesi.
bimaculata (Salvadori, 1892) - Southern Sulawesi.
auripectus Stresemann, 1941 - South-central and south-eastern Sulawesi.