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Alternate name
Gallicolumba hoedtii Scientific name
Columbiformes Order
Columbidae Family
27 cm Length
Tropical lowland monsoon-forest, and possibly woodland, up to 950 m. Endemic to Indonesia:- [Mollucas:- Maluka, Wetar,] [Lesser Sunda:- Island of Timor.] Habitat-Altitude-Range
Clutch
Seeds, grain & plant material. Food  
  Habits
2611 - TSN: 177256 World Number
Endangered Status

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Wetar Ground-dove Frank Lambert Foho Lulik, probably about .5 km from the main road to Indonesia and something like 5 km from the border East Timor XC68342 song

  Czech: Holub wetarský
Danish: Wetarpurpurdue
German: Wetartaube, Wetrataube
English: Wetar Ground Dove, Wetar Ground-Dove, Wetar Island Ground Dove, Wetar Island Ground-Dove
Spanish: Paloma perdiz de la Wetar, Paloma Perdiz de Wetar, Paloma-perdiz de la Wetar
Estonian: wetari maatuvi
Finnish: Wetarinpyykyyhky
French: Gallicolombe de Wetar
Indonesian: Delimukan Wetar
Italian: Colomba terricola dell'Isola di Wetar, Tortorina di Wetar
Japanese: uetarubato, wetarubato
Japanese: ウェタルバト, ウエタルバト
Latin: Gallicolumba hoedtii
Dutch: Hoedt-patrijsduif, Hoedts Patrijsduif
Norwegian: Wetarjorddue
Polish: wyspiarek jasnoglowy, wyspiarek jasnogłowy
Russian: Ветарский куриный голубь
Slovak: holubcek svetlohlavý
Swedish: Wetarmarkduva
Chinese: 韦岛鸡鸠
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