Common Ground-Dove

Common Ground-Dove

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.

● Song: "coo-oo, coo-oo, coo-oo"

● Foraging & Feeding: Common Ground-Dove: Feeds on seeds, berries, and occasionally insects; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & 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.

● 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.

Flight Pattern