Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Picui Dove (Columbina picui) - HBW 4, p. 164
French: Colombe picui
German: Picuitäubchen
Spanish: Columbina Picuí
Other common names: Long-tailed/White-winged Ground-dove, Steel-barred Dove
Taxonomy: Columba Picui Temminck, 1813, Paraguay.
Plumage pattern similar to C. cruziana, which is probably its closest relative. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- strepitans Spix, 1825 - NE Brazil in Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará and Bahia.
- picui (Temminck, 1813) - Bolivia, Paraguay and S Brazil S to Uruguay, S Argentina (Chubut) and C Chile; winters N to E Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult arriving to its nest in a roof and feeding its two chicks Locality Estancia Apa Apa, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp picui)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 6 years ago 57 sec 4.6 -
An adult feeding two chicks in a nest placed in a roof Locality Estancia Apa Apa, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp picui)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 6 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
A bird on the ground, feeding Locality Estancia Apa Apa, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp picui)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 6 years ago 47 sec 3.6 -
A group in a tree, preening Locality Estancia Apa Apa, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp picui)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 6 years ago 19 sec 3.4 -
A group on the ground, feeding Locality Estancia Apa Apa, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp picui)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 6 years ago 36 sec 3.4 -
A bird feeding on the ground Locality Lomas de Arena Reserve, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (ssp picui)
Josep del Hoyo 9 August 2005 6 years ago 31 sec 3.4
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Individual foraging.
Locality Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 25 March 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
Adult
Locality Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Silvia Vitale 19 September 2009 2 years ago 4 -
An adult on a jacaranda tree.
Locality Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Nicolas Olejnik 9 September 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
A bird on the grass.
Locality Ceibas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp picui)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 3 years ago 3 -
Bird feeding!
Locality Linhares, Espirito Santo State, Brazil
Joselito Nardy Ribeiro 31 March 2012 7 weeks ago 2.7 -
On the ground
Locality Cachi, Salta Province, Argentina
oleicfrisbee 50 weeks ago 2
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song. Locality Icapuí, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp strepitans)
Ciro Albano 15 February 2009 3 years ago 4
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