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.