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Columbina (bird)

Genus of birds

Summary

Genus of birds

Columbigallina

Scardafella

Columbina is a genus of small doves in the family Columbidae that live in the New World. They range from the southern United States through Central America and much of South America. Columbina doves are normally found in pairs or small flocks and generally occur in open country. They have maroon irides and pinkish legs. In flight, some species show a distinctive flash of rufous in the wings, while others show black-and-white wing-patterns.

Taxonomy

The genus was introduced in 1825 by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix. The name is from Latin columbinus meaning "of a dove" or "dove-like". The type species was designated as the C. strepitans by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1841. This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of the picui ground dove Columbina picui strepitans.

The genus contains nine species:

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
[[File:Columbina inca (Tortolita mexicana) día de nieve.png	125px]]	Columbina inca	Inca dove	[[File:Columbina inca map.svg	125px]]
[[File:Scaled Dove (Columbina squammata) (31568901572).jpg	125px]]	Columbina squamata	Scaled dove	northwestern and
eastern South America
[[File:Columbina passerina.jpg	125px]]	Columbina passerina	Common ground dove	tropical Americas
[[File:Torcazas - Camino de Pasoancho (Cali) (4111461954) (cropped).jpg	125px]]	Columbina minuta	Plain-breasted ground dove	[[File:Columbina minuta map.svg	125px]]
[[File:Catalogueofbirds21briti 0719c.jpg	125px]]	Columbina buckleyi	Ecuadorian ground dove	western Ecuador,
nonwestern Peru
[[File:Columbina talpacoti.jpg	125px]]	Columbina talpacoti	Ruddy ground dove	[[File:Columbina talpacoti map.svg	125px]]
[[File:Picui Ground Dove, Parque San Rafael, Paraguay.jpg	125px]]	Columbina picui	Picui ground dove	South America
[[File:Croaking Ground-Dove - Ecuador S4E9737.jpg	125px]]	Columbina cruziana	Croaking ground dove	coastal Ecuador and Peru
[[File:Columbina cyanopis Blue-eyed Ground Dove; Rolinha do Planalto Natural Reserve, Botumirim, Minas Gerais, Brazil 02.jpg	125px]]	Columbina cyanopis	Blue-eyed ground dove	southern Cerrado

References

. ["Columbidae"](https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=66). *The Trust for Avian Systematics*.
von Spix, Johann Baptist. (1825). "Avium species novae, quas Brasiliam anus MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX". Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni.
Jobling, James A.. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
Gray, George Robert. (1841). "A List of the Genera of Birds : with their Synonyma and an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus". R. and J.E. Taylor.
(1937). "Check-list of Birds of the World". Harvard University Press.
(2020). "Pigeons". International Ornithologists' Union.

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