Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Common Ground-dove (Columbina passerina)
French: Colombe à queue noire German: Sperlingstäubchen Spanish: Columbina Común
Other common names: Scaly-breasted/Scaled/Speckled/Rosy Ground-dove, Sparrow/Passerine/Tobacco Dove
Taxonomy:
Columba passerina Linnaeus, 1758, South Carolina, USA. Formerly placed in genus Columbigallina. Closely related to C. minuta. Eighteen subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- passerina (Linnaeus, 1758) - South Carolina along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts to SE Texas.
- pallescens (Baird, 1860) - Colorado Delta and Baja California E through S Arizona to S Texas, and S through Mexico to Belize and Guatemala.
- socorroensis (Ridgway, 1887) - Socorro I in Revillagigedo Archipelago (off W Mexico).
- passerina (Linnaeus, 1758) - South Carolina along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts to SE Texas.
- pallescens (Baird, 1860) - Colorado Delta and Baja California E through S Arizona to S Texas, and S through Mexico to Belize and Guatemala.
- socorroensis (Ridgway, 1887) - Socorro I in Revillagigedo Archipelago (off W Mexico).
- neglecta (Carriker, 1910) - Honduras to Costa Rica and Panama.
- bahamensis (Maynard, 1887) - Bermuda and Bahamas (except Inagua Is).
- exigua (Riley, 1905) - Great Inagua I (S Bahamas) and Mona I (between Puerto Rico and Hispaniola).
- insularis (Ridgway, 1888) - Cuba, I of Pines, Cayman Is (Grand, Little, Brac), Hispaniola and adjacent islands.
- jamaicensis (Maynard, 1899) - Jamaica.
- navassae (Wetmore, 1930) - Navassa I (off SW Hipaniola).
- portoricensis (Lowe, 1908) - Puerto Rico, Culebras, Vieques and Virgin Is (except St Croix).
- nigrirostris (Danforth, 1935) - St Croix and N Lesser Antilles.
- trochila (Bonaparte, 1855) - Martinique.
- antillarum (Lowe, 1908) - S Lesser Antilles from St Lucia and Barbados S to Grenada.
- albivitta (Bonaparte, 1855) - coastal N Colombia and Venezuela S to Orinoco Valley, with offshore islands from Aruba to Los Testigos, Margarita I and Trinidad.
- parvula (Todd, 1913) - C Colombia in upper Magdalena Valley.
- nana (Todd, 1913) - W Colombia in Cauca Valley and arid upper Dagua Valley.
- quitensis (Todd, 1913) - C Ecuador from R Guaillabamba S to Riobamba.
- griseola Spix, 1825 - extreme S Venezuela, the Guianas and Amazonia from R Negro and R Madeira E to coastal Brazil (S to Bahia).
- Least Concern
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A bird walking and feeding on the ground in an urban area Zapata Peninsula, Cuba (insularis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 4 years ago 30 sec 4.1 -
A bird walking and feeding Arecibo, Puerto Rico (exigua)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2007 1 year ago 31 sec 3.8 -
A bird walking on the ground in an urban area Zapata Peninsula, Cuba (insularis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 4 years ago 19 sec 3.8 -
An adult bird feeeding on the ground Arizona, USA (passerina)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2004 2 years ago 18 sec 3.6 -
A bird foraging on the ground Fajardo, Puerto Rico (exigua)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2007 1 year ago 43 sec 3.4 -
A bird looking for food under dry vegetation Fajardo, Puerto Rico (exigua)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2007 1 year ago 38 sec 3.3
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Lateral view of walking bird spreading its wing Barbados
Mikko Pyhälä 23 April 2009 39 weeks ago 4 -
Walking bird on beach seen from above Barbados
Mikko Pyhälä 23 April 2009 39 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird on a branch. Cucuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia
mauricio rueda 25 November 2007 1 year ago 3.3 -
Three birds on a post. Lake Louisa State Park, Lake County, Florida, USA
killiajk 14 February 2009 50 weeks ago 3.3 -
Standing on branch, bird in adult plumage Guánica Dry Forest Reserve, Guánica, Puerto Rico
Bob Thompson 12 January 2010 2 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 2 -
foraging under the power station Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Sanjiv Parasram 21 January 2009 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 2
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song. Icapuí, Ceará, Brazil
(griseola)
Ciro Albano 22 March 2005 45 weeks ago 4.5
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