Blue Ground Dove
Claravis pretiosa(Ferrari-PĂ©rez, F, 1886)
English (US) Blue Ground Dove
The Blue Ground Dove (Claravis pretiosa) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: southeastern Mexico (San Luis PotosĂ) to northern Argentina and southern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Claravis pretiosa
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue Ground Dove
- Described by
- (Ferrari-PĂ©rez, F, 1886)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Peristera pretiosa
- Described by
- (Ferrari-PĂ©rez, F, 1886)
- Type locality
- Brazil
- Original description
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 9 p.175
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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