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Common ground dove (Columbina passerina)

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Common ground dove (Columbina passerina)

English, Dutch and scientific names.
Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Common ground dove Pigeons, doves Pigeons, and doves Birds Chordate Animals
Musduif Duiven Duiven Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Columbina passerina Columbidae Columbiformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary (Cibolo, Texas, USA)

2016:03:04 13:30:39
Common ground dove (Columbina passerina)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, 1/2500 sec at F5.6, ISO 320, distance 8.91 m

Little Talbot Island State Park, Jacksonville

2014:01:31 20:04:19
Common ground dove (Columbina passerina)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1000 sec at F4.0, ISO 250, distance 7.94 m

Another Music pigeon, one of the group at the parking lot.

Pine Island, Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Florida, USA)

2014:01:30 17:26:11
Common ground dove (Columbina passerina)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/500 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 7.08 m

A muse pigeon, a pigeon the size of a sparrow. Mus pigeons fly in small groups, and look for their food on the ground. Unfortunately they are pretty shy, this photo was taken from the car. That always helps.