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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

Breeding Location:

Bushes and shrubs

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Colonial

Breeding Population:

Casual in US

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

Incubation Days:

12 - 13

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Twigs, grass.

Migration:

Nonmigratory

General

Ruddy Ground-Dove: Small dove with rufous upperparts, pale pink-gray underparts, and pale gray head. Wings are rufous with black spots. Female has gray-brown crown, nape, and upperparts, and gray face, neck, and underparts.

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.

Breeding and 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).

Foraging and Feeding

Ruddy Ground-Dove: Eats seeds and berries; forages on the ground.

Vocalization

Ruddy Ground-Dove: Call is a soft "per-woop, per-woop", "wooh" or "woop."

Similar Species

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

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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

Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Crown

The crown is the top part of the birds head.

Face

The front part of the head consisting of the bill, eyes, cheeks and chin.

Nape

Also called the hindneck or collar, it is the back of the neck where the head joins the body.

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.

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Range and Habitat

Breeding and Nesting

Foraging and Feeding

Vocalization

Similar Species

Ruddy Ground-Dove

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