- Leptotila conoveri
Identification
25 cm
- Bluish-grey crown and nape
- Dark brown upperparts
- White forehead and throat
- Dark purplish-buff sides of neck and upper breast
- Buff lower breast and abdomen
- Slate-brown tail with small white tips to outermost feathers
- Cinnamon-rufous wing-coverts visible in flight
- White eye with bare, bright red eye-ring
- Black bill
- Pink legs
Distribution
South America: found on the eastern slope of Central Andes of Colombia (Tolima to Huila).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Moist montanes and pastureland.
Behaviour
Terrestrial. Shy bird most likely to be seen in the open just after dawn
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tolima Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tolima_Dove
External Links
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