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 LC    Scaled Dove* Id (Atlas):
    Columbina squammata

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Other Scientific Names
Scardafella squammata [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Scaled Dove, Scaly Dove, Mottled Dove, Ridgway's Dove, South American Zebra Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
18 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1831)

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

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

 
Scaled Dove (Columbina squammata) [XC741145]
     by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goi\u00e1s, Ch\u00e1cara Jayrson, Brazil (song)

 
Scaled Dove (Columbina squammata) [XC521577]
     by id from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Inca Dove (Columbina inca).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • ridgwayi (Richmond, 1896)   -  Coastal Colombia (south to Vichada) through Venezuela (south to Orinoco Valley, including Margarita I) to French Guiana.
  • squammata (Lesson, 1831)   -  Central and eastern Brazil (Pará south to Mato Grosso and Rio Grande do Sul) to Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones). Also regular in Bolivia, where status uncertain.



References
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Files:
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