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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

Head

Topo Map: Pigeon-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Reddish brown.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Blue-gray
Forehead Color: Blue-gray
Nape Color: Blue-gray
Throat Color: Blue-gray
Cere color: No Data

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Topo Map: Pigeon-like Body

Length Range: 15-18 cm (6-7 in)
Weight: 48 g (1.7 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: Blue, Gray, Rufous or Rust
Underparts: Pink-gray
Upperparts: Red-brown
Back Pattern: Spotted or speckled
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Pigeon-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Fast low direct flight on flashing wings.
Wingspan Range: 23-25 cm (9-10 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Red-brown with black outer feathers.
Under Tail: Black
Leg Color: Pink-gray

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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.

● 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 Head

Pigeon-like Body

Pigeon-like Flight

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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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