Long-tailed Ground-dove (Uropelia campestris)

Long-tailed Ground-dove Uropelia campestris

Brazilian name: rolinha-vaqueira

Long-tailed Ground-dove, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click for a larger image

Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

There are two subspecies of the Long-tailed Ground-dove. The nominate subspecies is found from the mouth of the Amazon south to Minas Gerais. These photos are of Uropelia campestris figginsi which is found in the Mato Grosso and Bolivia. There is a distribution map on xeno-canto .

It is found in open country and light woodland normally near some water.

Long-tailed Ground-dove, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, December 2006 - click for a larger image

Its most distinctive features are its long, graduated tail with white tips, its bright yellow eye-ring, legs and feet, and the purplish-black spots on the wings.

There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 4, Page 166; and in Sick, Plate 15.

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