Plain-breasted Ground Dove

Columbina minuta (Linnaeus, 1766)

Plain-breasted Ground Dove, Columbina minuta, is a widespread bird of Middle America and South America, found across a broad but broken range. It belongs to the pigeon and dove family and was first described by Linnaeus in 1766. It is usually slightly smaller than the common ground dove, and its plumage does not show the scaled look seen in that similar species. It occurs in dry savanna, dry shrubland, high-altitude shrubland, seasonally wet grassland and heavily altered former forest. It is more often seen in lowland areas, though it also reaches foothills.

Order

Columbiformes

Family

Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: widespread