Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Columbiformes > Columbidae > Metriopelia > Metriopelia melanopteraMetriopelia melanoptera (Black-winged Ground Dove)The black-winged ground dove (Metriopelia melanoptera) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 11.7923 EDGE Score: 2.54885 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 105 grams |  | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [1] | 2 |
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Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land
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Central Andean dry puna |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Central Andean puna |
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Central Andean wet puna |
Peru, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Dry Chaco |
Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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High Monte |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Low Monte |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Magellanic subpolar forests |
Chile, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Northern Andean páramo |
Ecuador, Colombia |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Patagonian steppe |
Chile, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Andean steppe |
Argentina, Chile |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Andean Yungas |
Bolivia, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Valdivian temperate forests |
Chile, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Hamish 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 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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