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Inca Dove

Columbina incaOrder: COLUMBIFORMESFamily: Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Inca Dove Breeding Male Portrait
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Overview

Inca Dove: Small dove with scaled, pale gray-brown upperparts, white throat, and scaled, pale buff (often with pink wash) underparts. The tail is long and squared with a black-bordered gray center and edged in white. Black bill, pink legs and feet. Direct flight with rapid wing beats.

Range and Habitat

Inca Dove: Resident from southwest U.S. to tropical America. Frequents open country with scattered trees or scrubby growth, generally in arid or semi-arid locations around cultivated areas, farmlands, parks, and gardens.

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Voice Text

"coe-coo", "whoo-oo-whoo", "no-hope", "cut-cut-ca-doo-ca-doo"

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Family Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)_blue
Species Columbina inca
Length7.5 - 8.5 Inches
Wingspan12.5 Inches

Inca Dove

Inca Dove: Small dove with scaled, pale gray-brown upperparts, white throat, and scaled, pale buff (often with pink wash) underparts. The tail is long and squared with a black-bordered gray center and edged in white. Black bill, pink legs and feet. Direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Song: "coe-coo", "whoo-oo-whoo", "no-hope", "cut-cut-ca-doo-ca-doo"

● Foraging & Feeding: Inca Dove: Eats small dried seeds; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Inca Dove: Two to seven white eggs are laid in a nest made of twigs, stems, and leaves, lined with grass, and built from 5 to 20 feet above the ground in a tree or shrub. Incubation ranges from 12 to 15 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Inca Dove: Common Ground-dove is shorter-tailed, has dark spots on wings, and only appears scaled on head and breast.

Flight Pattern

Direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Inca Dove Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Inca Dove: Resident from southwest U.S. to tropical America. Frequents open country with scattered trees or scrubby growth, generally in arid or semi-arid locations around cultivated areas, farmlands, parks, and gardens.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationAbundant
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight1.7 Ounces