Inca Dove

Columbina incaOrder: COLUMBIFORMES Family: Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Codes: Common Name: INDO Scientific Name: COLINC ITIS Taxonomic No.: 177162

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Inca Dove

Inca Dove: Small dove with scaled, pale gray-brown upperparts, white throat, and scaled, pale buff (often with pink wash) underparts. The tail is long and squared with a black-bordered gray center and edged in white. Black bill, pink legs and feet. Direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Song: "coe-coo", "whoo-oo-whoo", "no-hope", "cut-cut-ca-doo-ca-doo"

● Foraging & Feeding: Inca Dove: Eats small dried seeds; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Inca Dove: Two to seven white eggs are laid in a nest made of twigs, stems, and leaves, lined with grass, and built from 5 to 20 feet above the ground in a tree or shrub. Incubation ranges from 12 to 15 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Inca Dove: Common Ground-dove is shorter-tailed, has dark spots on wings, and only appears scaled on head and breast.

Flight Pattern

Direct flight with rapid wing beats.

Inca Dove Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Inca Dove: Resident from southwest U.S. to tropical America. Frequents open country with scattered trees or scrubby growth, generally in arid or semi-arid locations around cultivated areas, farmlands, parks, and gardens.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationAbundant

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight1.7 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Field Guide to Birds of North America

Inca Dove

Inca Dove

Flight Pattern