Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Pallid Dove (Leptotila pallida) - HBW 4, p. 170
French: Colombe pâle
German: Fahltaube
Spanish: Paloma Montaraz Pálida
Taxonomy: Leptoptila [sic] pallida Berlepsch and Taczanowski, 1884, Chimbo, Ecuador.
Formerly considered a race of L. rufaxilla; these two may form superspecies with L. plumbeiceps, and possibly also with L. battyi and L. wellsi. Monotypic.
Distribution: Tropical lowlands of Pacific coast in W Colombia (from R San Juan) and Ecuador (S to Loja).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on the ground Locality Mirador Rio Blanco, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 4.7 -
A bird on the ground Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 2 years ago 27 sec 3.7 -
A bird on the ground Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 2 years ago 21 sec 3.3
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perched on low branch
Locality Tinalandia, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 13 November 2007 2 years ago 2
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One bird singing. Locality Río Palenque Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 13 July 2001 2 years ago 4
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