Pigeon Like

Inca Dove

Columbina inca

Length: 8 in. (21 cm )

This small ground dove is common in suburbs and vegetated city centers of the southwest. It also occurs in open woodlands and shrubby riparian areas where it roosts in trees. The nest is an unlined stick nest built in low to mid-level shrubbery. Seeds are the main food, and it comes readily to back yard feeders. Evidently the Inca Dove has moved north into much of the southwestern United States only in the last 100 years.

The four-digit banding code is INDO.

Female | Richard P. Dunbar

Male | Richard Ditch

Agricultural

Riparian / River forest

Shrubs

Urban city

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Sex of Bird: Male

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Article: Inca Dove
Author(s): Dr. Biology
Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
Date published: July 13, 2017
Date accessed: December 10, 2018
Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/inca-dove

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Dr. Biology. (2017, July 13). Inca Dove. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved December 10, 2018 from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/inca-dove

American Psychological Association. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

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Dr. Biology. "Inca Dove". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 July, 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/inca-dove

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Dr. Biology. "Inca Dove". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. 10 Dec 2018. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/inca-dove

Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

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