Blue-eyed Ground Dove vs African Collared-dove

Columbina cyanopis compared with Streptopelia roseogrisea

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Blue-eyed Ground Dove African Collared-dove
Scientific Name Columbina cyanopis Streptopelia roseogrisea
Order Columbiformes Columbiformes
Family Columbidae Columbidae
Conservation Status Critically Endangered Least Concern
Length — —
Wingspan 13.5 cm (5.3 in) 31.8 cm (12.5 in)
Weight 45.6 g (1.61 oz) 152.33333333333334 g (5.37 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size 2 1-2
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

None

Blue-eyed Ground Dove only

None

African Collared-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

Song

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes with pale quality through dry open terrain. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

African Collared-dove

Song

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes through dense forest in Timor region. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

Least Concern

African Collared-dove

About These Birds

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

Tiny dove, 14–17 cm, brown with a distinctive pale blue iris. Formerly known from cerrado grasslands of central Brazil (Mato Grosso and Goiás); nearly extinct due to agricultural conversion of cerrado. Critically Endangered (possibly Extinct); fewer than ten confirmed records since 1941.

African Collared-dove

Small dove, 26–29 cm, pale pinkish-grey with a black hindneck collar and white tail corners. Native to arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia and south to Tanzania. The ancestor of the domesticated Barbary Dove (ring-necked dove). Granivore of grass seeds and small grains in dry savanna, farmland, and desert edge. Least Concern.

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