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Leptotila
Sign in to saveLeptotila is a genus of birds in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. These are ground-foraging doves that live in the Americas.
Species
White-tipped Dove
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderColumbiformes
- FamilyColumbidae
Observations13,084
Observations recorded1,371,546
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 297
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Columbidae
- Collections
- CUMV, WFVZ, USNM, ROM, MVZ
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, Panama
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Leptotila is a genus of birds in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. These are ground-foraging doves that live in the Americas.
==Taxonomy== The genus Leptotila was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1837 with the Caribbean dove Leptotila jamaicensis as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek leptos meaning "delicate" or "slender" with meaning "feather".
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