Animalia Life
Columbina passerina
SUBFAMILY
Columbinae
TAXONOMY
Columba passerina Linnaeus, 1758, South Carolina, USA. Eighteen
subspecies.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Tobacco dove; French: Colombe a queue noire; German:
Sperlingstдubchen; Spanish: Columbina Comun.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Very small; 7.1 in (18 cm), 1.2 oz (35 g). Rufous inner webs of
the primaries form a panel in flight. Scaly plumage pattern.
DISTRIBUTION
From southern United States through Central America to Brazil.
HABITAT
Savanna, cultivated land, settlements.
BEHAVIOR
The male sings from a low branch the whole day. When he
displays, he bobs his head and flicks his wings.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Forages on the ground; grass seeds and berries.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Nest a shallow cup sometimes on the ground. Clutch of two eggs
incubated for 14 days. Young at hatching with hair-like gray
down, may fledge in 11 days. Juveniles mature sexually in 79 days.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
In villages and towns, common ground doves eat bread.
Photo Gallery of - Common ground dove
