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Bird name:

Ruddy Ground-Dove

Columbina talpacotiOrder: COLUMBIFORMES Family: Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Codes: Common Name: RUGD Scientific Name: COLTAL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 177156
Least Concern
 
Ruddy Ground-Dove Breeding Male Small Portrait
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Overview

Ruddy Ground-Dove: Small dove with rufous upperparts, pale pink-gray underparts, and pale gray head. Wings are rufous with black spots and bill is gray with a dark tip. Legs and feet are pink-gray. Forages on ground for seeds and berries. Fast low direct flight with rapid wing beats.

Range and Habitat

Ruddy Ground-Dove: Found in Mexico, Central America, and most of South America to northern Chile and Argentina. Preferred habitats include woodlands, gardens, cultivated fields, marshlands, and forest edges.

Topo Map: Pigeon-like Body


Listen to Call

Voice Text

"Per-woop, per-woop", "wooh" "woop"

Interesting Facts

 A group of doves has many collective nouns, including "a bevy of doves", "cote of doves", "dole of doves", "dule of doves", and a "flight of doves."


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Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Range Map for Ruddy Ground-Dove

Related Birds

Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
White-tipped Dove
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Family Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)_blue
Species Columbina talpacoti
Length6 - 7 Inches
Wingspan9.5 Inches

Ruddy Ground-Dove

Ruddy Ground-Dove: Small dove with rufous upperparts, pale pink-gray underparts, and pale gray head. Wings are rufous with black spots and bill is gray with a dark tip. Legs and feet are pink-gray. Forages on ground for seeds and berries. Fast low direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Song: "Per-woop, per-woop", "wooh" "woop"

● Foraging & Feeding: Ruddy Ground-Dove: Eats seeds and berries; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Ruddy Ground-Dove: Two white eggs are laid in a nest made of twigs and grass, and built from 3 to 35 feet above the ground in a tree or bush. Incubation ranges from 12 to 13 days and is carried out by both parents (female at night, male during the day).

● Similar species: Ruddy Ground-Dove: Common Ground-Dove has black bill with pink base, brown upperparts, and pink-brown underparts.

Flight Pattern

Fast low direct flight on flashing wings.
Ruddy Ground-Dove Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Ruddy Ground-Dove: Found in Mexico, Central America, and most of South America to northern Chile and Argentina. Preferred habitats include woodlands, gardens, cultivated fields, marshlands, and forest edges.
BreedingMonogamous, Colonial
PopulationCasual in US
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight1.7 Ounces
Pigeon-like BodyX
UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

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.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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