Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Dwergduif
Common Names in English:
Plain-Breasted Ground Dove, Plain-Breasted Ground-Dove
Common Names in French:
Colombe Pygmée
Common Names in German:
Zwergtäubchen
Common Names in Japanese:
フナシスズメバト
Common Names in Spanish:
Trtola Pecho Liso
Description
Habitat
Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, low seasonally wet grasslands, arid montane scrubs, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub, campo grasslands • Maximum Elevation: 1,400 meters • Foraging Strata: Terrestrial • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:2.1Savanna - Dry
3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
3.7Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
4.6Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded
14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Columbiformes
()
- Pigeons and Doves
- Genus:
Columbina
()
- Spix 1825 Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.57,58
- Specific name:
minuta
- (Linnaeus) 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.285
- Scientific name: - Columbina minuta (Linnaeus) 1766
- Specific name:
minuta
- (Linnaeus) 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.285
- Genus:
Columbina
(
- Order:
Columbiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 26-May-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Columbina
There are approximately 49 species in this genus:
C. buckleyi (Ecuadorian Ground-Dove) · C. buckleyi buckleyi (Ecuadorian Ground-Dove) · C. buckleyi dorsti · C. cabocolo · C. campestris · C. cruziana (Gold-Billed Ground Dove) · C. cyanopis (Blue-Eyed Ground-Dove) · C. griseola · C. inca (Inca Dove) · C. inca inca (Inca Dove) · C. minuta (Plain-Breasted Ground-Dove) · C. minuta amazilia · C. minuta elaeodes · C. minuta interrupta · C. minuta minuta (Plain-Breasted Ground-Dove) · C. minuta ssp · C. passerina (Scaly-Breasted Ground-Dove) · C. passerina albivitta (Common Ground-Dove) · C. passerina antillarum · C. passerina bahamensis (Common Ground-Dove) · C. passerina exigua · C. passerina griseola · C. passerina insularis · C. passerina jamaicensis · C. passerina nana · C. passerina navassae · C. passerina neglecta (Common Ground-Dove) · C. passerina nigrirostris · C. passerina pallescens (Common Ground-Dove) · C. passerina parvula · C. passerina passerina (Scaly-Breasted Ground-Dove) · C. passerina portoricensis · C. passerina quitensis · C. passerina socorroensis · C. passerina trochila · C. picui (Picui Ground-Dove) · C. picui picui (Picui Ground-Dove) · C. picui strepitans · C. squammata (Scaled Dove) · C. squammata ridgwayi · C. squammata squammata (Scaled Dove) · C. squammata ssp · C. strepitans · C. talpacoti (Ruddy Ground-Dove) · C. talpacoti caucae · C. talpacoti eluta · C. talpacoti rufipennis · C. talpacoti talpacoti (Ruddy Ground-Dove) · C. tapalcoti
More Info
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Further Reading
- Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- ENG url p. 578.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 311.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Columbina minuta. 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.
- 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 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 12, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- 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.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852302
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-676993
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837145
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177159
- IUCN ID: 48788
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 147511
