Pigeons, Doves

Grey-fronted Dove

Leptotila rufaxilla

The Grey-fronted Dove (Leptotila rufaxilla) is a 157 g forest bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Pigeons, Doves

Order

Columbiformes

Weight

157 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Bolivia, Suriname, Guyana, Paraguay, Venezuela, GF, Uruguay.

Where to see it: Asa Wright Nature Center (Trinidad and Tobago); Parque Nacional Ybycui, Dpto. Paraguari (Paraguay); Peperpot Nature Park (Suriname); Brownsberg Nature Park (please use more precise location) (Suriname); Brownsberg Nature Park · accommodations and nearby trails (Suriname).

Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist