White Tipped Dove
12 June 2010 19:30 Filed in: Columbidae Pigeons & Doves Doves Brazil Rio Grande do Sul Mostardas Lagoa do Peixe Panama Ammo Ponds Canopy Lodge
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Lagoa do Peixe • November 2009
Bird name: White Tipped Dove
Latin: Leptotila verreauxi
Other: Juriti-pupu (Br)
Family: Columbidae • Pigeons
Range: Southern Texas to Argentina
This Brazilian White-tipped Dove has a black bill, grey crown and upper mantle and a little purple shading behind the eye. White tipped tail feathers seen in flight.
White-tipped Doves are present throughout most of Brazil and South and Central America. Often seen on lawns. Not uncommon in central Panama. About the same size as a city pigeon.
The Panamanian White-tipped Dove, Leptotila v. verreauxi, below, has distinctive blue orbital skin around the eyes with pale red irises.
Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Panama • 27 April 2010
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