Pigeons, Doves

Plain-breasted Ground Dove

Columbina minuta

The Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Columbina minuta) is a 33 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Pigeons, Doves

Order

Columbiformes

Weight

33 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

19

Recorded in Colombia, Brazil, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Guatemala, Guyana, Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Nicaragua, GF, El Salvador, Suriname, Paraguay.

Where to see it: Hato El Cedral (acceso restringido) (Venezuela); Route de Guatemala - Ouest du carrefour (French Guiana); MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin (Mexico); San Miguelito Jaguar Conservation Ranch (Bolivia); Barba Azul Nature Reserve (Bolivia).

Photo: (c) Thomaz de Carvalho Callado, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist