Family: Columbidae

Columbina minuta;
Plain-breasted
Ground-Dove;
Rolinha-de-asa-canela.

Columba minuta LINNAEUS 1766

Local race is nominal C. m. minuta, with large range, from Maranhão and Ceará to São Paulo, Paraguay etc. (Hellmayr 1929, p. 467).

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Plain-breasted Ground-Dove (Columbina minuta)
10/10/2008; Res. Ecol. Mãe-da-Lua, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. 300 mm f2.8 lens.

Figure 1. The Plain-breasted Ground-Dove is a common species in the interior of Ceará. See fig. 2 for details of head.

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Plain-breasted Ground-Dove (Columbina minuta)
10/10/2008; Res. Ecol. Mãe-da-Lua, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. 300 mm f2.8 lens.

Figure 2. More detailed view of the individual shown in fig. 1.

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