Breeding Location:
Forest edge, Grassland with scattered trees, Desert, Grasslands, Desert, semi
Breeding Type:
Monogamous, Mates for life
Breeding Population:
Declining
Egg Color:
White
Number of Eggs:
2 - 3
Incubation Days:
12 - 14
Egg Incubator:
Both sexes
Nest Material:
Flimsy platform of twigs and plant fibers or little or no nest materials.
Migration:
Nonmigratory
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Overview
Common Ground-Dove: Small, rounded dove with plain gray-brown back and scaled pink-gray head and breast. Eyes are red and bill is orange-red with black tip. The wings show rufous primaries in flight. Tail is short. Legs and feet are pink. Forages on ground. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Range and Habitat
Common Ground-Dove: Resident in southern parts of California, Arizona, and Texas, and east to southern North Carolina. Preferred habitats include fields, gardens, farmlands, and roadsides.
Breeding and Nesting
Common Ground Dove: Two or three white eggs are laid in a nest on or close to the ground, often hidden in a tuft of grass or among weeds. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by both parents.
Foraging and Feeding
Common Ground-Dove: Feeds on seeds, berries, and occasionally insects; forages on the ground.
Readily Eats
Cracked Corn, Sunflower Seed, Nuts, Milo, Thistle
Vocalization
Common Ground-Dove: Makes soft cooing notes "coo-oo, coo-oo, coo-oo", each with rising inflection.
Similar Species
Common Ground-Dove: Juvenile Mourning Dove is larger, longer-tailed, and lack rufous primaries. Inca Dove is longer-tailed and scaled on upperparts and underparts.
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