Inca Dove

Columbina inca

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Identification

21 cm (8") Uncommon. Southwestern North America. Suburban areas, deserts, mesquite country.

Grayish brown body. Back is heavily scaled.

In flight; rufous wing patch and long white-edged tail is shown.

Song: double "cooo-coo".

Details in the field

4 photos

Credit: J. N. Stuart

Credit: E. Monk

Credit: Vince Smith

Watch and learn

2 videos

Inca Dove.mpg

Credit: Jorge Eduardo Chinchilla

Inca Doves (filmed through a window of my house) 1/23/12

Credit: creekriot

Where it lives

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