The common ground-dove is a small dove (length 16 cm), brown
above, with some rose below and a scaly breast. This kind of
ground-dove is less common in town, but you can see it often on
places with more sand (or on the shell-ridges). On such surfaces
they are well camouflaged.
All ground-doves spend the day mainly on the ground searching for
food. They nod while walking, all the time looking for seeds,
berries and insects. If the male wants to make an impression on a
female, he will walk in front of her or just behind her, showing
off his raised feathers, while making soft noises. The nests are
found low in bushes.
The picture above was made by the late J.S. Dunning, in
Suriname. The one below by Pascal Dunning in French Guyane in
2002.
More doves and many parrots can be seen in picture galery 4.
Breeding pair in low bushes photographed by F. Essed on Aruba, May 2000.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna | |
| Forests |  |
| Mountain forests |  |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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