Common Ground-dove (Columbina passerina)
(aka Scaly-breasted or Scaled Ground-dove)
Common Ground-dove, Amazonia National Park, Pará, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click for larger image

There were quite a few Common Ground-doves around the Uruá camp in the Amazonia National Park (photos 1 and 2) where they had found a suitable patch of open ground in which to feed and breed.
There are 18 subspecies all in the Americas. The one in the Amazon is C.p. griseola and the Cuban sub-species (photo 4) is C. p. insularis.

Common Ground-dove nest, Amazonia National Park, Pará, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click for larger image The second photo shows a typical nest on the ground under a tussock of grass. The eggs are pure white and there are usually 2 of them which take about 14 days to hatch.

There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 4, Pages 88 and 163.
Common Ground-dove, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Sept 2003 - click for larger image
Common Ground-dove, Zapata Swamp, Cuba, February 2005 - click for larger image
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