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 5 years ago 11 sec 4.7 -
A close view of a cooing bird on a wire. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp talpacoti)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 13 May 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A male flicking its wings on a wall Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp caucae)
Pere Sugranyes 30 November 2006 5 years ago 32 sec 4.6 -
A close view of a female and a male perched on a branch Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
Pere Sugranyes 6 November 2012 31 weeks ago 43 sec 4.5 -
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 4 years ago 43 sec 4.4 -
Bird perched on a Schefflera sp. Locality São Paulo City, São Paulo State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 6 October 2012 36 weeks ago 45 sec 4
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Little dove perched on a barbed wire behind a bougainvillea
Locality Manizales, Caldas Department, Colombia
Daniel Avendaño 29 December 2012 9 weeks ago 4.5 -
Adult.
Locality Cerro Misoa, Zulia State, Venezuela (ssp rufipennis)
kperezleon 24 August 2008 3 years ago 4.3 -
Rilinha roxa (casal)
Locality Itariri, São Paulo State, Brazil
Lindolfo Souto 1 June 2012 20 weeks ago 4.2 -
Individual adult male.
Locality Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil (ssp talpacoti)
Bruno Salaroli 24 March 2012 38 weeks ago 4.1 -
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 1 year ago 4.1 -
Male perched on Schefflera sp. Female on the nest near.
Locality São Paulo City, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp talpacoti)
Antonio Silveira 6 October 2012 36 weeks 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 3 years ago 4 -
Recording is not very good. Locality Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
(ssp talpacoti)
Noé Eiterer 19 July 2011 5 weeks ago 0
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