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Grenada Dove

Leptotila wellsi

Critically Endangered · IUCN Red List

CRCritically EndangeredEndemicSeedsWoodlandPlatform nestMedium · 200 g
Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi), photo 1
Photo: Truebeast · Public domain
Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi), photo 2
Photo: dfaulder · CC BY 2.0
Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi), photo 3
Photo: Walter Dan Twyman · Public domain
Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi), photo 4
Photo: Howard Nelson · CC BY 4.0

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The Grenada dove is characterised by a white throat; face and forehead pale pink shading to dull brown on crown and nape; upperparts olive brown; underwing chestnut; neck and upper breast pink-buff fading to white on lower breast, belly and undertail coverts.

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When to see the Grenada Dove

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grenada Dove

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Grenada

About the Grenada Dove

The Grenada dove is a medium-sized New World tropical dove. It is endemic to the island of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Originally known as the pea dove or Well's dove, it is the national bird of Grenada. It is considered to be one of the most critically endangered doves in the world.

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Easily confused with

Ochre-bellied DoveLeptotila ochraceiventrisThe ochre-bellied dove is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 146 g (5.1 oz). Tolima Dove (Leptotila conoveri) Tolima DoveLeptotila conoveriThe Tolima dove is 22.5 to 25 cm (8.9 to 9.8 in) long. Yungas Dove (Leptotila megalura) Yungas DoveLeptotila megaluraThe Yungas dove is 29 to 32 cm (11 to 13 in) long.

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