Ruddy Ground Dove
Columbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1810)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Ruddy Ground Dove, Columbina talpacoti, is a widespread breeder across Middle America and South America. It is a pigeon in the family Columbidae, found in open country, scrub, cultivated land and towns. The species is a resident from Mexico south through Brazil, Peru and Paraguay to northern Argentina, and it also occurs on Trinidad and Tobago. In the south-western USA it is seen only occasionally, mainly in winter. It is a small, short-tailed dove. Adult males have pale grey on the head and neck, with rich rufous upperparts and black spotting on the wing coverts.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: widespread
