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[[Image:Common_Ground_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''insularis''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|jdbirdman|jdbirdman}}<br />[[Cuba]], 2003]]
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[[Image:Common_Ground_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by jpbirdman]]
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;[[:Category:Columbina|Columbina]] passerina
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Common Ground Doves are tiny short-tailed pigeons at 17cm. Their weight is normally about 32g (1oz). Adult birds have grey-brown back and upperwing plumage, with black spotting on their wing coverts. They have a scaly appearance to the breast and head. The tail is brown centrally, with black edges and white corners. The bill is orange, tipped black. In flight, the underwings show extensive chestnut colouration.
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[[Image:608-05565fg2 Female Eastern Common Ground-Dove.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|bobsofpa|bobsofpa}}<br />Fort DeSoto Park, [[Florida]], [[USA]], April 2008]]
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16-18 cm (6¼-7 in)<br/>
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Wt. 32g (1oz)
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*Tiny
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*Short-tailed
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*Grey-brown back and upperwings
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*Black spotting on wing coverts
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*Scaly appearance on breast and head
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*Centrally brown tail with black edges and white corners
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*Orange bill tipped black
  
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The adult male has a pink head, neck and breast, and a pink unscaled belly. The nape is blue. The female and juvenile are light grey where the male is pink, and have grey napes.
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'''Male'''<br />
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*Pink head, neck and breast
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*Pink, unscaled belly
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*Blue nape<br />
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'''Female & Immature'''<br />
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*Light grey where male is pink
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*Grey nape
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====Flight====
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In flight, the underwings show extensive chestnut colouration.
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Flight is fast and direct, with regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings that are characteristic of pigeons in general.
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==Distribution==
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[[Image:7427Common-ground-dove-DSCN2079.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''nigrirostris'' <br />Photo &copy; by {{user|njlarsen|njlarsen}}<br />[[Dominica]], August 2004]]
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It is a resident breeder from [[Bermuda]], through the southmost [[USA]], [[Mexico]] and the Caribbean, to [[South America]], and is found as far south as northern [[Brazil]].
  
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==Distribution==
 
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The Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from Bermuda, through the southmost USA, Mexico and the Caribbean, to South America, and is found as far south as northern Brazil.
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Common ground dove
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====Subspecies====
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''Columbina passerina''
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There are 18 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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[[Image:Common Ground Dove L-R male-female in Ackee Tree Montego Bay Jamaica.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male and Female, subspecies ''jamaicensis'' <br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Montego Bay, Cornwall State, St. James Parish, [[Jamaica]], November 2010]]
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'''SUBFAMILY'''
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*''C. p. passerina '': Coastal south-eastern [[US]] ([[South Carolina]] to [[Florida]] and south-eastern [[Texas]])
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''Columbinae''
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*''C. p. pallescens'': Arid south-western [[US]] to [[Guatemala]] and [[Belize]]
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*''C. p. socorroensis'': Socorro Island (Revillagigedo Islands off western [[Mexico]])
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Columba passerina Linnaeus, 1758, South Carolina, USA. Eighteen subspecies.<br>
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*''C. p. neglecta'': [[Honduras]] to [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]]
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'''OTHER COMMON NAMES'''
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*''C. p. bahamensis'': [[Bermuda]] and [[Bahamas]] (except Inagua Island)
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*''C. p. exigua'': Great Inagua Island (southern [[Bahamas]]) and Mona Island ([[Puerto Rico]])
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English: Tobacco dove; French: Colombe a queue noire; German: Sperlingstäubchen; Spanish: Columbina Comun.
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*''C. p. insularis'': [[Cuba]], [[Isle of Pines]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Hispaniola]] and adjacent islands
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*''C. p. jamaicensis'': [[Jamaica]]
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*''C. p. navassae'': Navassa Island (off south-western [[Hispaniola]])
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*''C. p. portoricensis'': [[Puerto Rico]], Mona, Culebra and [[Virgin Islands (except St. Croix)
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*''C. p. nigrirostris'': St. Croix and northern [[Lesser Antilles]]
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*''C. p. trochila'': Martinique ([[Lesser Antilles]])
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*''C. p. antillarum'': Southern [[Lesser Antilles]] ([[St. Lucia]] and [[Barbados]] to [[Grenada]])
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*''C. p. albivitta'': Northern [[Colombia]], northern [[Venezuela]], [[Netherlands Antilles]] and [[Trinidad]]
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*''C. p. parvula'': Central [[Colombia]] (upper Magdalena Valley)
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*''C. p. nana'': Western [[Colombia]] (Cauca Valley and arid upper Dagua Valley)
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*''C. p. quitensis'': Central [[Ecuador]] (Río Guaillabamba to Riobamba)
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*''C. p. griseola'': Extreme southern [[Venezuela]] to the [[Guianas]] and eastern [[Brazil]]
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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The Common Ground Dove inhabits scrub and other open country. It builds a flimsy stick nest in a tree and lays two white eggs. Its flight is fast and direct, with regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings that are characteristic of pigeons in general.
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[[File:Common-Ground-Dove_Subspecies-albivitta_NIELS.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''albivitta''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|njlarsen|NJ Larsen}}<br /> El Camarones, Guajira, [[Colombia]], 28 August 2023]]
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Dry sandy scrub, fields, forest edge, woodland with developed open areas, farms, open country and towns.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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[[Image:Common Ground DoveSJ.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''pallescens''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Laguna Seca Ranch, north of Edingburg, Hidalgo County, [[Texas]], [[USA]], April 2019]]
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of a variety of small seeds from grass, weeds and also pine and sedge seeds. Apart from this there is little more known.
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====Breeding====
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They build a flimsy stick nest in a tree. Their clutch contains two white eggs.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2019)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Common+Ground+Dove View more images of Common Ground Dove in the gallery]
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{{GSearch|"Columbina passerina" {{!}} "Common Ground Dove"}}
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Latest revision as of 15:52, 13 November 2023

Subspecies insularis
Photo © by jdbirdman
Cuba, 2003
Columbina passerina

Identification

Female
Photo © by bobsofpa
Fort DeSoto Park, Florida, USA, April 2008

16-18 cm (6¼-7 in)
Wt. 32g (1oz)

  • Tiny
  • Short-tailed
  • Grey-brown back and upperwings
  • Black spotting on wing coverts
  • Scaly appearance on breast and head
  • Centrally brown tail with black edges and white corners
  • Orange bill tipped black

Male

  • Pink head, neck and breast
  • Pink, unscaled belly
  • Blue nape

Female & Immature

  • Light grey where male is pink
  • Grey nape

Flight

In flight, the underwings show extensive chestnut colouration. Flight is fast and direct, with regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings that are characteristic of pigeons in general.

Distribution

Subspecies nigrirostris
Photo © by njlarsen
Dominica, August 2004

It is a resident breeder from Bermuda, through the southmost USA, Mexico and the Caribbean, to South America, and is found as far south as northern Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 18 subspecies[1]

Male and Female, subspecies jamaicensis
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Montego Bay, Cornwall State, St. James Parish, Jamaica, November 2010

Habitat

Subspecies albivitta
Photo © by NJ Larsen
El Camarones, Guajira, Colombia, 28 August 2023

Dry sandy scrub, fields, forest edge, woodland with developed open areas, farms, open country and towns.

Behaviour

Subspecies pallescens
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Laguna Seca Ranch, north of Edingburg, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA, April 2019

Diet

Their main diet consists of a variety of small seeds from grass, weeds and also pine and sedge seeds. Apart from this there is little more known.

Breeding

They build a flimsy stick nest in a tree. Their clutch contains two white eggs.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2019)

Recommended Citation

External Links

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