Scaled Dove
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| Scaled Dove | |
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| Subspecies C. s. ridgwayi Cagua, Aragua (Venezuela) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Scardafella (disputed) |
| Species: | S. squammata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scardafella squammata (Lesson, 1831) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Columbina squammata (but see text) |
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The Scaled Dove (Scardafella squammata, sometimes placed in Columbina) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Columbina squammata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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