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Photo © by Paludo Xyko Paludo
Sacramento, MG, Brazil, July 2018
Columbina squammata

Identification

  • Blackish feather edges
  • Long pointed tail
  • Rufous patches on the wings

Distribution

Caribbean and South America
Caribbean: found only in Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • C. s. ridgwayi:
  • C. s. squammata:

Habitat

Open areas, forest borders, cerrado, caatinga and orchards.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase

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