Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
Description Inca doves are tiny gray pigeon-like birds with long tails. Their outer tail feathers are white. They have rusty wing patches easily seen when they fly.
Inca Doves, which were common all around Copan, are easy to identify by the scaly pattern caused by the dark edges of their feathers.
INCA DOVE FACTS
Description
The Inca Dove is a small dove with a light brown body with dark brown edges to the feathers giving it a scaly appearance. The tail is fairly long with white outer feathers.
Inca Dove
Columbina inca
The Inca Dove (Columbina inca) occurs in the southwest Unites States from s.e. Louisiana west to southern California.
The Inca Dove is primarily associated with urban areas of the southwest U.S., as they've learned to take advantage of the free handouts often provided by humans. In the U.S.
Inca Dove
(Columbina inca)
Photo © David Sarkozi 1994
Last updated 3/23/96 This small dove is becoming more common on the UTC (probably due to feeder's I've read). It's now the most common small dove on the UTC.
Inca Dove
Adult
Similar to juvenile Mourning Dove
Strongly scaled upperparts
Small size and thinner, square-tipped tail
Rufous patches in the wing in flight
© Mikael Behrens , Alpine, Texas ...
Inca Dove
Scardafella inca (scientific)
The Inca Dove is a small New World dove; it might belong to the genus Columbina.
Common Ground-Dove and Inca Dove similar but have scaly upperparts. Male Ruddy Ground-Dove has distinctive rusty upperparts.
Inca Dove, Columbina inca
Common Ground-Dove, Columbina passerina
Ruddy Ground-Dove, Columbina talpacoti
White-tipped Dove, Leptotila verreauxi
Key West Quail-Dove, Geotrygon chrysia (C)
Ruddy Quail-Dove, Geotrygon montana (A) ...
 See also: Dove, Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Parakeet, Bluebird
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