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Columbina passerina (Common Ground-Dove; Common Ground Dove)

Synonyms: Chamaepelia passerina; Columba passerina; Columbigallina passerina
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Infraspecies

Columbina passerina albivitta
Columbina passerina antillarum
Columbina passerina bahamensis
Columbina passerina exigua (Common Ground-Dove) (Attributes)
Columbina passerina griseola
Columbina passerina insularis
Columbina passerina jamaicensis
Columbina passerina nana
Columbina passerina neglecta (Scaly-breasted ground dove)
Columbina passerina nigrirostris
Columbina passerina pallescens
Columbina passerina parvula
Columbina passerina passerina (Ground dove) (Attributes)
Columbina passerina portoricensis (Common Ground-Dove) (Attributes)
Columbina passerina quitensis
Columbina passerina socorroensis
Columbina passerina trochila
Columbina passerina umbrina

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.26613
EDGE Score: 2.11217
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  34 grams
Birth Weight [3]  5 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Desert scrub, Tropical dry forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Desert scrub, Tropical dry forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  50 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  2
Clutches / Year [3]  3
Fledging [1]  11 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  11,000,000
Incubation [3]  13 days
Mating Display [6]  Ground display (mostly)
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  7 years
Female Maturity [3]  75 days
Male Maturity [3]  75 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Predators

Buteo ridgwayi (Ridgway's Hawk)[8]
Falco femoralis (Aplomado Falcon)[9]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dispharynx nasuta[10]
Ornithostrongylus quadriradiatus[10]

Range Map

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 9THE DIET OF THE APLOMADO FALCON (FALCO FEMORALIS) IN EASTERN MEXICO, DEAN P. HECTOR, The Condor 87:336-342
♦ 10Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0