Listen to the blue ground dove
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About the blue ground dove
The blue ground dove is a bird in the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 69 g.
What does the blue ground dove sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The blue ground dove (Claravis pretiosa) is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Peru and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad in the Caribbean.
More from the family Columbidae
Rock dove
Columba livia
Common wood pigeon
Columba palumbus
Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia decaocto
European turtle dove
Streptopelia turtur
Stock dove
Columba oenas
Spotted dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Laughing dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
Mourning dove
Zenaida macroura
Kererū
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Nilgiri wood pigeon
Columba elphinstonii
Orange-breasted green pigeon
Treron bicinctus
Zebra dove
Geopelia striata
Frequently asked questions
What does a blue ground dove sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the blue ground dove on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the blue ground dove endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the blue ground dove as “least concern”.
What family does the blue ground dove belong to?
The blue ground dove (Claravis pretiosa) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: below La Cruz, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q766613 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Blue ground dove – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Doug Janson – CC BY-SA 3.0