Summary ⁵

The Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) is a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. The Common Ground Dove is considered to be the smallest dove that inhabits the United States. As its name suggests the bird spends the majority of its time on the ground walking but still has the ability to fly.

Distribution ⁶

occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7457894@N04/3345234796
2. (c) Mark Stevens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/5611097400_7c1393f756.jpg
3. (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=539&one=T
4. (c) Juan Felipe Restrepo Mesa, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Juan Felipe Restrepo Mesa
5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbina_passerina
6. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28822749

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CalPhotos
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

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