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Gray-headed Dove
Leptotila plumbeiceps
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About the Gray-headed Dove
The grey-headed dove (Leptotila plumbeiceps) is a large New World dove. It is found from eastern Mexico to Colombia.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Family
- Pigeons and Doves
- Order
- Columbiformes
Similar species
Other members of the pigeons and doves family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
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