ground dove

English

Noun

ground dove (plural ground doves)

1. Birds of family Columbidae that feed mainly on the ground.
   1. in subfamily Claravinae (American ground dove)
      1. especially, common ground dove (Columbina passerina).
   2. in tribe Phabini of subfamily Raphinae (Indo-Pacific ground dove)

Derived terms

• American ground dove (Claravinae spp.)
• bare-faced ground dove (Metriopelia ceciliae)
• black-winged ground dove (Metriopelia melanoptera'
• blue ground dove (Claravis pretiosa)
• blue-eyed ground dove (Columbina cyanopis)
• common ground dove (Columbina passerina)
• croaking ground dove (Columbina cruziana)
• Ecuadorian ground dove (Columbina buckleyi)
• golden-spotted ground dove (Metriopelia aymara)
• long-tailed ground dove (Uropelia campestris)
• maroon-chested ground dove (Paraclaravis mondetoura)
• Moreno's ground dove (Metriopelia morenoi)
• Picui ground dove (Columbina picui)
• plain-breasted ground dove (Columbina minuta)
• purple-winged ground dove (Paraclaravis geoffroyi)
• ruddy ground dove (Columbina talpacoti)

Translations

subfamily Claravinae

• Finnish: varpuskyyhky (genus Columbina), maakyyhky (Claravis, Paraclaravis), malvakyyhky (fi) (Uropelia), andienkyyhky (fi) (Metriopelia)

subfamily Phabini

• Finnish: dodo (fi)

References

• ground dove on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “ground dove”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.