Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Plain-breasted Ground-dove (Columbina minuta) - HBW 4, p. 163
French: Colombe pygmée
German: Zwergtäubchen
Spanish: Columbina Menuda
Other common names: Plain/Grey/Little Ground-dove, Pygmy Dove
Taxonomy: Columba minuta Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne.
Formerly placed in genus Columbigallina. Closely related to C. passerina; the two overlap in range in some areas. Race amazilia doubtfully distinct from nominate. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- interrupta (Griscom, 1929) - S Mexico (S Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Guerrero and locally Jalisco), S Guatemala and Belize to Nicaragua.
- elaeodes (Todd, 1913) - Costa Rica S through E Panama and Canal Zone to WC Colombia.
- minuta (Linnaeus, 1766) - Venezuela E to Trinidad and the Guianas, and S through E Colombia to Peru (Urubamba Valley), E & C Brazil and Bolivia, and on to SC Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).
- amazilia (Bonaparte, 1855) - arid coastal regions of SW Ecuador and Peru (Lima to Libertad).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird drinking and flying away. Locality Mãe-da-Lua Reserve, Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp minuta)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2008 4 years ago 30 sec 4.2 -
An adult foraging on the ground Locality Arenal Volcano Lodge, La Fortuna, Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp elaeodes)
Greg Baker 3 April 2001 1 year ago 12 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 4 years ago 29 sec 3.7 -
Raimundo Pereira creatory in Itajubá. Locality Minas Gerais State, Brazil
josé de alencar bonafé 19 March 1990 3 years ago 31 sec 2.4
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A bird on a pond.
Locality Mãe-da-Lua Reserve, Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp minuta)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2008 4 years ago 4 -
A pair in a tree.
Locality Pinogana, Darién Province, Panama (ssp elaeodes)
Ken Havard 18 February 2009 31 weeks ago 3.8 -
An individual foraging on the ground.
Locality Loreto, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp minuta)
Joe Tobias 28 September 2005 44 weeks ago 3.8 -
Bird on a tangle
Locality Calakmul, Campeche State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp interrupta)
rchavezdm 1 December 2011 1 year ago 3.2 -
Perched in a wire fence.
Locality Hacienda La Zuliana, Campo Boscán, Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela (ssp minuta)
kperezleon 17 May 2009 4 years ago 3.1 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Pedasí, Azuero Peninsula, Panama (ssp elaeodes)
Ken Havard 4 February 2009 32 weeks ago 3
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song. Locality Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp minuta)
Ciro Albano 29 April 2007 4 years ago 4
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