Golden-spotted Ground Dove
Metriopelia aymara(Prévost, F, 1840)
English (US) Golden-spotted Ground Dove
The Golden-spotted Ground Dove (Metriopelia aymara) 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: Andes of southern Peru to northwestern Argentina and northern ChileRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Metriopelia aymara
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Golden-spotted Ground Dove
- Described by
- (Prévost, F, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba Aymara
- Described by
- (Prévost, F, 1840)
- Type locality
- Tacora, 'Bolivia' = Chile.
- Original description
- Les Pigeons [Knip & Prévost] ed.2, 2 p.62, pl.32
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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