Common ground dove

The common ground dove (Columbina passerina) is a small bird that lives in the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. It is thought to be the smallest dove that lives in the United States.^[3]

Common ground dove
near Salton Sea, California, US
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Columbina
Species:	C. passerina
Binomial name
Columbina passerina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Approximate range
Synonyms
Columba passerina Linnaeus, 1758 Columbigallina passerina (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]