common ground dove

English

distribution

Etymology

Because it spends the majority of its time on the ground walking (though it still has the ability to fly).

Noun

common ground dove (plural common ground doves)

1. Columbina passerina, a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.

   Synonyms: moaning dove, tobacco dove

Translations

Columbina passerina

• Catalan: tórtora terrestre comuna f
• Dutch: musduif (nl) f
• Finnish: suomuvarpuskyyhky (fi)
• French: colombe à queue noire f
• German: Sperlingstäubchen n
• Haitian Creole: please add this translation if you can
• Jamaican Creole: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: hasbídí áłtsʼíísígíí
• Portuguese: rolinha-cinzenta f
• Spanish: tortolita azul f, torcacita (es) f, coconita f, cococha (es) f