Common Ground Dove

Columbina passerina

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
Genus
Columbina
eBird Code
cogdov

Subspecies (18)

  • Columbina passerina albivitta

    northern Colombia, northern Venezuela, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, and Trinidad

  • Columbina passerina antillarum

    southern Lesser Antilles (St. Lucia and Barbados to Grenada)

  • Columbina passerina bahamensis

    Bermuda and Bahamas (except Great Inagua)

  • Columbina passerina exigua

    Great Inagua Island (southern Bahamas) and Isla de Mona (west of Puerto Rico)

  • Columbina passerina griseola

    far southern Venezuela to the Guianas and eastern Brazil

  • Columbina passerina insularis

    Cuba, Cayman Islands, and Hispaniola and satellite islands

  • Columbina passerina jamaicensis

    Jamaica

  • Columbina passerina nana

    western Colombia (Cauca Valley and arid upper Dagua Valley)

  • Columbina passerina neglecta

    Honduras to Costa Rica and Panama

  • Columbina passerina nigrirostris

    St. Croix and northern Lesser Antilles

  • Columbina passerina pallescens

    arid southwestern USA to Guatemala and Belize

  • Columbina passerina parvula

    central Colombia (upper Magdalena Valley)

  • Columbina passerina passerina

    coastal southeastern USA (South Carolina to Florida and southeastern Texas)

  • Columbina passerina portoricensis

    Isla de Mona (west of Puerto Rico), Puerto Rico, Culebra (just east of Puerto Rico), and Virgin Islands (except St. Croix)

  • Columbina passerina quitensis

    central Ecuador (Río Guaillabamba to Riobamba)

  • Columbina passerina socorroensis

    Socorro Island (Revillagigedo Islands, off western Mexico)

  • Columbina passerina trochila

    Martinique (Lesser Antilles)

  • Columbina passerina umbrina

    Ile de la Tortue (off northwestern Hispaniola)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.