Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi), photo 1 — Photo: no rights reserved, uploaded by Manuel Roncal · cc0

Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi), photo 2 — Photo: Raúl A. Ruiz M. · CC BY 4.0

Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi), photo 3 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Annika Lindqvist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Kathy Richardson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Pier Luiggi Maquilón, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi), photo 8 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Raúl A. Ruiz M., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Ecuadorian Ground Dove sounds like

Sonogram of the Ecuadorian Ground Dove: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Manabí: La Segua marsh (Chone lakes), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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The Ecuadorian ground dove is 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs about 57 g (2.0 oz). The male's forehead and face are grayish pink that darkens to a deep mauve pink on the breast and underparts. Its crown and nape are bluish gray and the upperparts brownish gray. The closed wing shows lines of black spots. The central tail feathers are gray and the rest black; the outermost have white tips. The female is browner than the male with less of a pink wash. Voice: The Ecuadorian ground dove's song is "a series of evenly-spaced, low-pitched slightly upslurred cooing notes...huWOO...huWOO...huWOO....".

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When to see the Ecuadorian Ground Dove

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ecuadorian Ground Dove

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru Colombia

About the Ecuadorian Ground Dove

The Ecuadorian ground dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

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Easily confused with

Blue-eyed Ground DoveColumbina cyanopisThe blue-eyed ground dove is 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long.

Plain-breasted Ground DoveColumbina minutaWith a total length of approximately 14.5–16 cm (5.5–6.5 in) and a weight of 24–42 g (0.85–1.48 oz), this species averages slightly smaller than the common ground dove.

Croaking Ground DoveColumbina cruzianaThe croaking ground dove is 15 cm (5.9 in) long.

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