Inca Dove vs Ruddy Ground Dove

Inca Dove

Columbina inca

Small48 gUrban

Voice: The song, a forceful cooing rendered variously as cowl-coo, POO-pup, or NO-hope, may be given from a tree, wire, or other open, high perch such as a television aerial.

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Ruddy Ground Dove

Columbina talpacoti

Small46 gUrban

It measures 12–18 cm (4.7–7.1 in) in length and weighs about 35–56 g (1.2–2.0 oz). The male, with reddish brown feathers, dominant color on the adult's body, in contrast to the head, bluish gray. The female is all brown. In both sexes, on the wing there are a series of black spots on the feathers. The chicks come out with traces of the plumage of each sex. Subspecies It has 4 subspecies, only one of which occurs in Brazil: Columbina talpacoti caucae (Chapman, 1915) - occurs in the Colca River valley in western Colombia.

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