Ruddy ground-dove Colmbina talpacoti

Identification Tips:

• Small dove
• Grayish head
• Brownish-pink underparts
• Rusty upperparts with black spots on wings -female grayer
• Rusty patches in primaries visible in flight
• Blackish patch in wing linings
• Short tail with black outer tail feathers
• Sexes similar
• Rare but regular stray to southwestern United States

Similar species:

Common Ground-Dove and Inca Dove similar but have scaly upperparts. Male Ruddy Ground-Dove has distinctive rusty upperparts.