Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti) [XC419580]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from RPPN Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Veracel, Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil (song)
Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti) [XC742382]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Victoria, Caldas, 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.