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Columbina inca

Photo by Reini
Photo taken: Costa Rica

[edit] Identification

L. 16.5 cm (6.5-8.25 in)
Wt. 47-48 g (1.6 oz)

• Grey-brown body
• Long and square tail edged with white
• Red underwing

[edit] Distribution

United States, Mexico and Costa Rica.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Scrub and cultivation.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Includes grass seeds.

[edit] Breeding

The flimsy twig nest is built 1-8 m high in a tree, often a thorny species, and 2 white eggs are laid.

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