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Columbina talpacoti

(Temminck, 1810)

Ruddy Ground Dove

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100407
Element CodeABNPB06040
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderColumbiformes
FamilyColumbidae
GenusColumbina
Other Common Names
Colombe rousse (FR) Rolinha-Roxa, Rolinha-Caldo-de-Feijão (PT) Tórtola Rojiza, Palomita Colorado (ES)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Taxonomic Comments
Here considered distinct from the form in western Ecuador and Peru (Columbina buckleyi).
Conservation Status
Review Date1996-11-27
Change Date1996-11-27
Range Extent Comments
Resident in lowlands of the neotropics (to 2400 m) from northern Sinaloa, eastern San Luis Potosi, and Tamaulipas south to Panama, and from Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, and the Guianas south, east of the Andes, through eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil to Uruguay and northern Argentina (Sibley and Monroe 1990). Ranges north to the southwestern U.S. and southern Texas.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Dry open country, second growth, farmlands, savanna, and towns (Sibley and Monroe 1990).
Terrestrial Habitats
Woodland - HardwoodShrubland/chaparralSavannaOld fieldCropland/hedgerowSuburban/orchard
Palustrine Habitats
Riparian
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNA
ProvinceRankNative
ArizonaS2B,S3NYes
Roadless Areas (1)
Arizona (1)
AreaForestAcres
TumacacoriCoronado National Forest44,594
References (14)
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