Inca Dove (us-RGV)
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Regional Information
Range, Abundance, and Seasonal Variations
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General Information
Size
Length: ??cm (6.5in), Wingspan: ??cm (??in)
Field Marks
Small, slender dove with black bill, blue orbital ring. Pale gray-brown body is darker on back and upperwings and is extensively scaly (including back and belly). Cinnamon inner webs of primaries visible in flight, and occasionally at rest. Long tail slightly rounded at tip. Tail is brown centrally, with black edges and white outermost tail feathers. In flight, the underwing is reddish, like other ground doves. Sexes similar. Juvenile: Similar to adult.
Similar species
Juvenile Mourning Doves are also long-tailed and scaly, but have dark spots on coverts, are never so extensively scaly and lack blue orbital ring and cinnamon primaries. Common Ground-Dove is similar but shorter-tailed, has dark spots on coverts and is only scaly about head and breast, never on back and belly.
Sounds
Feeding & Behavior
Eat grass seeds.
Habitat & Nesting
Arid deserts. Often inhabits urban areas.
Range
Southwestern United States and Mexico through Central America to Costa Rica.
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