Claravinae

• Claravis
• Columbina
• Metriopelia
• Uropelia
• Paraclaravis
• Inca Dove Columbina inca

  The Inca Dove is a small dove that walks on the ground to find seeds in dry, open places. Its feathers have a scaly-looking pattern.

• Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti

  The Ruddy Ground Dove is a small dove widespread in Central and South America. Males are reddish brown, females are browner, and the birds forage for seeds on the ground.

• Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina

  The Common Ground Dove is a small dove of the southern United States. It forages for seeds on the ground, where its gray-brown plumage blends with soil and grass.

• Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui

  This small dove lives in open areas and towns in South America and feeds on seeds on the ground. Male and female plumage looks similar to human observers.

• Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta

  The Plain-breasted Ground Dove feeds on seeds and fruit on the ground in dry grasslands and other open habitats. Males have a blue-gray head; females are paler.

• Moreno's Ground Dove Metriopelia morenoi

  This small dove is brown overall, with conspicuous yellow-orange bare skin around the eyes. It inhabits rocky shrub steppe in northwestern Argentina and nests on the ground.

• Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi

  A small dove with a square-tipped tail and subtle male-female differences in plumage. It lives in open areas from western Ecuador to far southern Colombia and northern Peru.

• Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae

  A 17–18 cm dove with extensive orange bare skin around the eye and pale scaling on the back and wings. In Bolivia it uses dry slopes and grasslands and searches for food on the ground.

• Scaled Dove Columbina squammata

  Its feathers have overlapping edges that create a scaled pattern. It searches for food on the ground in dry grassland and scrub.

• Blue-eyed Ground Dove Columbina cyanopis

  The Blue-eyed Ground Dove is a small dove with striking blue eyes. It is associated with Brazil's Cerrado and was rediscovered in northern Minas Gerais in 2015.

• Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana

  Male Croaking Ground Doves have a bluish head and pinkish tones on the neck and breast. In Peru they feed on small seeds on the ground in open places, often in pairs or in flocks at feeding sites.

• Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera

  This small gray-brown dove has pink skin around the eye and white shoulders. In the Argentine Andes, it uses open slopes and steppe and moves in small groups.