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Common Name

White Tipped Dove

Alternate Names

Common Type

Dove

Order

Columbiformes

Family

Columbidae

Genus

Leptotila

Species

verreauxi

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Texas

Number of Sub-Species

Five Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Scrub, woodland and forest

Distribution and Range

Southernmost Texas south through Central America to western Peru and Argentina

Food

Forage on the ground for seeds but will also take small invertebrates.

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Field Notes:

It builds a large stick nest in a tree and lays two white eggs. Incubation is about 14 days, and fledging another 15.

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