Black-winged Ground Dove
Metriopelia melanoptera(Molina, GI, 1782)
English (US) Black-winged Ground Dove
The Black-winged Ground Dove (Metriopelia melanoptera) 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.
- Scientific name
- Metriopelia melanoptera
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-winged Ground Dove
- Described by
- (Molina, GI, 1782)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Metriopelia melanoptera saturatior
- Metriopelia melanoptera melanoptera
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba Melanoptera
- Described by
- (Molina, GI, 1782)
- Type locality
- Chile.
- Original description
- Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili p.236,345
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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