Black-winged Ground-Dove (Metriopelia melanoptera)

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
21 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Molina, 1782)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 2,000 - 4,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Black-winged Ground Dove (Metriopelia melanoptera) [XC596950]
by Cristian Pinto Fernandez from Yerba Loca, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile (song, riachuelo, water stream)

Black-winged Ground Dove (Metriopelia melanoptera) [XC842475]
by id from Camino a Valle Nevado - Plaza de los Pumas, Chile (call, post-copulation call)

Subspecies
Related to Golden-spotted Ground-dove (Metriopelia aymara).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

saturatior Chubb, C, 1918 - Andes of south-western Colombia (from Pasto, in Nariño) and Ecuador.
melanoptera (Molina, 1782) - Peru (from at least upper Marañón Valley) and Bolivia to Chile (south to Colchagua) and western Argentina (south to Santa Cruz and western Chubut). Also north-eastern Isla Grande in Tierra del Fuego.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-winged Ground-Dove (Metriopelia melanoptera) - 10 files

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