Blue Ground-dove (Claravis pretiosa)
Brazilian name: Pomba de espelho ...
Picui Ground-Dove Columbina picui
Described by: Temminck (1813)
Alternate common name(s): Picui Ground Dove, Long-tailed Ground-Dove, White-winged Ground-Dove, Steel-barred Dove
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Ruddy ground-dove Colmbina talpacoti
Identification Tips:
Length: ? inches
Small dove
Grayish head
Brownish-pink underparts
Rusty upperparts with black spots on wings -female grayer
Rusty patches in primaries visible in flight ...
Common Ground-Dove
Columbina passerina (Linnaeus)
Status One record.
The Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) is a resident species of the southern United States from California to Florida and South Carolina. The species occurs all the way south into northern South America.
The Common Ground-Dove is normally found only in the southern tier of states in the continental U.S., but does tend to wander widely to the north. A quite tame bird, they will often remain sitting in a location until almost stepped upon.
Thick-billed Ground-dove, Gallicolumba salamonis (Makira and Ramos, Solomon Islands, mid-20th century?)
Last recorded in 1927, only 2 specimens exist. Declared extinct in 2005.
The various islands also support more adaptable civilized species like Mourning Dove, Common Ground-Dove, and Rock Pigeon.
Common Emerald Dove, Emerald Ground Dove, Emerald Ground-Dove, Green-backed Dove, Green-winged Dove, Green-winged Pigeon, Green-winged Ground Dove, Green-winged Ground-Dove, Indian Emerald Dove, Indian Emerald-Dove, Indian Green-winged Dove, ...
Other wild American species are the band-tailed, red-billed, and white-crowned pigeons, all of the genus Columba, and the reddish brown ground-doves (genus Columbina).
In the city we had: Southern Lapwing, Austral Thrush, Eared Dove, Picui Ground-Dove, Austral Blackbird. The bus climbed the narrow road to the ski area in the Andean Mountains.
Recently fledged Mourning Doves have a scaly pattern similar to Inca Dove and Common Ground-Dove. Inca Dove's scales are finer and black, and the tail is long and square-tipped.
Polynesian ground-dove (Gallicolumba erythroptera)
Cyphosperma (Cyphosperma tanga)
Oahu alauahio (Paroreomyza maculata)
Puaiohi (Myadestes palmeri)
Sharp snouted day frog (Taudactylus acutirostris)
Nyakala frog (Litoria nyakalensis) ...
Inca Doves are small gray doves with a strong "scaled" pattern. The wings flash rufous when it flys. The tail is longer and more square than the Common Ground-Dove.
THE GROUND DOVE.
[Common Ground-Dove.]
COLUMBA PASSERINA, Linn.
[Columbina passerina.] ...
Columbiformes - Pigeons & Doves
Columbidae - Pigeons & Doves
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura). Durham Co., NC 8/21/05. One of our most common birds.
Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina). Carteret Co., NC, 12/26/03.
Common Ground-dove (Columbina passerina)
Eurasian Collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) ...
 See also: Dove, Pigeon, Common Ground-Dove, Quail, Sparrow
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