Pigeons, Doves

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

The White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi) is a 147 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Pigeons, Doves

Order

Columbiformes

Weight

147 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

25

Recorded in Costa Rica, Colombia, United States, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Panama, Belize, Guatemala, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Honduras, Paraguay, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Curaçao, Bolivia, BQ, Guyana, AW, GF, Suriname.

Where to see it: Hato Neighborhood (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba); Cuffie River Nature Retreat (Trinidad and Tobago); Birdwatch - Santa Barbara Plantation (Curaçao); Asunción Jardin Botanico (Paraguay); Klein Hofje (Wastewater Treatment Plant) (Curaçao).

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