Inca Dove
Columbina inca
Pigeon Like
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 |
Male |
Agricultural
Riparian / River forest
Shrubs
Urban city
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Bibliographic details:
- 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: 13 Jul, 2017
- Date accessed: 8 July, 2025
- Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/inca-dove
APA Style
Dr. Biology. (Thu, 07/13/2017 - 15:37). Inca Dove. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/inca-dove
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Chicago Manual of Style
Dr. Biology. "Inca Dove". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/inca-dove
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MLA 2017 Style
Dr. Biology. "Inca Dove". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. 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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