Columbina inca

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Common in open areas comparable to grasslands, yards , and countrysides.

Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub, arid lowland scrubs, riparian thickets, arid lowland scrubs, arid montane scrubs • Maximum Elevation: 2,400 meters • Foraging Strata: Terrestrial • Center of Abundance: Lower subtropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,809 meters (0 to 9,216 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
  
•     3.7     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Biology

Diet

Feeds off of the ground in a chicken-pecking fashion, consuming seeds of weeds , wheat, and other small grains.

Reproduction

Breeding Habitat : Urban Clutch Size: 2 Length of Incubation : 14 days Days to Fledge : 14-16 Number of Broods: 2-5

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Columbina inca (Lesson, 1847)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 26-May-2005

Similar Species

Common Ground-Dove

Members of the genus Columbina

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. buckleyi (Ecuadorian Ground Dove) · C. buckleyi buckleyi (Ecuadorian Ground Dove) · C. cruziana (Gold-Billed Ground Dove) · C. cyanopis (Blue-Eyed Ground Dove) · C. inca (Inca Dove) · C. inca inca (Inca Dove) · C. minuta (Plain-Breasted Ground Dove) · C. minuta minuta (Plain-Breasted Ground Dove) · C. passerina (Scaly-Breasted Ground-Dove) · C. passerina albivitta (Common Ground-Dove) · C. passerina bahamensis (Common Ground-Dove) · C. passerina neglecta (Common Ground-Dove) · C. passerina pallescens (Common Ground-Dove) · C. passerina passerina (Common Ground-Dove) · C. picui (Picui Ground Dove) · C. picui picui (Picui Ground Dove) · C. squammata (Scaled Dove) · C. squammata squammata (Scaled Dove) · C. talpacoti (Ruddy Ground Dove) · C. talpacoti talpacoti (Ruddy Ground Dove)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Birds in Kansas / Max C. Thompson & Charles Ely. 1 Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History: c1989- url p. 317, p. 397, p. xiv.
• Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 258, p. 802.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1965 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 28.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 18.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Columbina inca. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Columbina inca. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 21, 2007.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Clark, M. A. WhoZoo.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• National Aviary, Pittsburgh, PA
• Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
• Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9418
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-177162
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2498402
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177164
• IUCN ID: 201551
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNPB06010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13131

Footnotes

1. Mean = 472.480 meters (1,550.131 feet), Standard Deviation = 554.770 based on 20,000 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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