Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti)

Other Names (World)
Ruddy Ground-Dove, Talpacoti Dove, Cinnamon Dove, Stone Dove, Blue-headed Ground-dove, Ruddy Ground Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
14 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1809)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical heavily degraded former forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), USA (B), Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti) [XC832951]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from C\u00f3rrego Batalha, Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil (song)

Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti) [XC353901]
by Yair Guillermo Molina Mart\u00ednez. from Reinita Cielo Azul ProAves Reserve, Santander, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in genus Columbigallina. Forms a superspecies with Ecuadorian Ground-dove (Columbina buckleyi).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

eluta (Bangs, 1901) - Pacific coast of Mexico from northern Sinaloa to Chiapas.
rufipennis (Bonaparte, 1855) - East-central Mexico (central Veracruz) through Central America to Colombia and northern Venezuela, as well as Margarita I, Trinidad and Tobago.
caucae (Chapman, 1915) - Cauca Valley of western Colombia.
talpacoti (Temminck, 1809) - Eastern Ecuador and north-western and eastern Peru east to the Guianas, and south through Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil (south to Rio Grande do Sul) to Uruguay and northern Argentina (south to Buenos Aires). Non-breeding visitor to central Chile, including Lake District.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti) - 10 files

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