Birds of the World

    COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)  
Genus: Leptotila (11 species)

Genus Leptotila are large doves, around 28 cm., which search for food on the ground.


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Azuero Dove (Leptotila battyi) Vulnerable
Range: MA: Panama
   


Also known as the Brown-backed Dove, and sometimes considered a subspecies of the Grey-headed Dove.

Grey-chested Dove
Grey-chested Dove (Leptotila cassinii)
Range: MA, SA: Guatemala to n Colombia
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Shy and uncommon. Normally seen inside the forest, usually on the ground. Note orangish back of head (and light eye) compared to much more common White-tipped Dove.

Tolima Dove
Tolima Dove (Leptotila conoveri) Near Threatened
Range: SA: Colombia
Huila, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note white eye and limited range. More colorful than similar doves.

Caribbean Dove
Caribbean Dove (Leptotila jamaicensis neoxena)
Range: NA, MA: Jamaica, Cayman Is. and Yucatán Pen.
Isla San Andres, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

May have a bluish or wine-colored collar.

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Yungas Dove (Leptotila megalura)
Range: SA: Bolivia and nw Argentina
   



Ochre-bellied Dove
Ochre-bellied Dove (Leptotila ochraceiventris) Vulnerable
Range: SA: Ecuador and Peru
Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape, Tumbes, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.


Pallid Dove
Pallid Dove (Leptotila pallida)
Range: SA: Colombia and Ecuador
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Brendan Ryan     Copyright and usage info

Note light colored eye, white front, black bill and brown back.

Grey-headed Dove
Grey-headed Dove (Leptotila plumbeiceps plumbeiceps)
Range: MA, SA: e Mexico to w Colombia
Hotel Tinamu, Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-fronted Dove
Grey-fronted Dove (Leptotila rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Range: SA: Colombia to ne Argentina
Copalinga, Zamora, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Normally seen inside the forest, usually on the ground.

White-tipped Dove
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi verreauxi)
Range: MA, SA: widespread
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Generally common and usually seen walking on the ground.

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Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi) Critically Endangered
Range: NA: Grenada
   




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