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Common Ground Dove

Columbina passerina

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3 Comments

suzybousa
suzybousa 7 years ago

Thanks for the comment connar.gan. I didn't know the common ground dove was the smallest dove in the states. I don't see them very often, I usually see mourning doves and eurasian collared doves so this was an exciting spotting for me.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 7 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah connor.gan! If you leave comments which are copied from a source, it is important and good practice to quote that source (in this case Wikipedia).

connor.gan
connor.gan 7 years ago

The common ground dove 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.

suzybousa
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suzybousa

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jan 14, 2017
Submitted on Feb 9, 2017

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