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| − | [[Image:Blue_Ground_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Oregonian<br />Photo taken: [[Brazil]]]] | + | [[Image:Blue_Ground_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|'''Male'''. Photo by Oregonian<br />Photo taken: [[Brazil]]]] |
;[[:Category:Claravis|Claravis]] pretiosa | ;[[:Category:Claravis|Claravis]] pretiosa | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 20 cm. '''Male''' - blue-grey upperparts, pale grey underparts, grey-white face, black flight feathers and outer tail feathers, black marked wings, red or yellow iris, bare green eye ring, pink legs. | + | 20 cm. '''Male''' - blue-grey upperparts, pale grey underparts, grey-white face, black flight feathers and outer tail feathers, black marked wings, red or yellow iris, bare green eye ring, pink legs. '''Female''' - grey-brown head, neck and breast, pale blue-grey underwings and belly, ruddy brown back, chestnut rump and tail. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Southeastern [[Mexico]], northwestern [[Peru]], northern [[Argentina]], and [[Trinidad]]. | Southeastern [[Mexico]], northwestern [[Peru]], northern [[Argentina]], and [[Trinidad]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Monotypic. | Monotypic. | ||
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| + | [[Image:d10_0663.jpg|thumb|400px|right|'''Female'''. Photo by {{user|Gary+Clark|Gary Clark}} <br/>Location: Above Dominical, [[Costa Rica]].]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Humid open woodland, forest edges, clearings and roadsides, to 1200 m. | Humid open woodland, forest edges, clearings and roadsides, to 1200 m. | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 19 April 2010
- Claravis pretiosa
Identification
20 cm. Male - blue-grey upperparts, pale grey underparts, grey-white face, black flight feathers and outer tail feathers, black marked wings, red or yellow iris, bare green eye ring, pink legs. Female - grey-brown head, neck and breast, pale blue-grey underwings and belly, ruddy brown back, chestnut rump and tail.
Distribution
Southeastern Mexico, northwestern Peru, northern Argentina, and Trinidad.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Humid open woodland, forest edges, clearings and roadsides, to 1200 m.
Behaviour
It builds a flimsy dish shaped nest of twigs; 2 white eggs are laid.
The diet includes seeds and insects.
