Scaled Dove
Columbina squammata
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,512
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The scaled dove (Columbina squammata), also known as scaly dove, Ridgway's dove, mottled dove, and South American zebra dove, is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago,Venezuela and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Scaled dove”.