Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Ruddy Ground-dove (Columbina talpacoti) - HBW 4, p. 164
French: Columbe rousse
German: Rosttäubchen
Spanish: Columbina Colorada
Other common names: Talpacoti/Cinnamon/Stone Dove, Blue-headed Ground-dove
Taxonomy: Columba Talpacoti Temminck, 1811, South America.
Formerly placed in genus Columbigallina. Forms a superspecies with C. buckleyi. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- eluta (Bangs, 1901) - Pacific coast of Mexico from N Sinaloa to Chiapas.
- rufipennis (Bonaparte, 1855) - EC Mexico (C Veracruz) through Central America to Colombia and N Venezuela, as well as Margarita I, Trinidad and Tobago.
- caucae (Chapman, 1915) - Cauca Valley of W Colombia.
- talpacoti (Temminck, 1811) - E Ecuador and NW & E Peru E to the Guianas, and S through Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil (S to Rio Grande do Sul) to Uruguay and N Argentina (S to Buenos Aires); non-breeding visitor to C Chile, including Lake District.
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A bird and then another one, on a perch and flying away Locality Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp rufipennis)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2006 4 years ago 11 sec 4.5 -
A male flicking its wings on a wall Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp caucae)
Pere Sugranyes 30 November 2006 4 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
A close view of a cooing bird on a wire. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp talpacoti)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 13 May 2011 32 weeks ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A male-female pair with beak-to-beak display (the male is the red-brown bird) Locality Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp rufipennis)
Joe Angseesing 24 October 2006 3 years ago 43 sec 4.3 -
On the ground Locality Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 16 weeks ago 35 sec 4 -
A bird walking on a shelf near it's nest, under a roof of a house. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp talpacoti)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 7 July 2011 25 weeks ago 37 sec 4
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Display
Locality Cerro Misoa, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 24 August 2008 2 years ago 4.3 -
Two copies in the soil, opening his wings as a sign of threat
Locality Jardín de Picaflores, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp talpacoti)
Horacio Luna 3 November 2011 28 weeks ago 4.2 -
female ruddy ground-dove
Locality Carapichaima, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Sanjiv Parasram 27 December 2011 17 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on a wall.
Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 3 December 2011 24 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 2 October 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Female adult
Locality Cayenne, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 27 January 2009 1 year ago 4
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Song from one bird. Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
(ssp talpacoti)
Nick Athanas 21 April 2005 2 years ago 4
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