White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
Genus
Leptotila
eBird Code
whtdov

Subspecies (13)

  • Leptotila verreauxi angelica

    southern Texas and coastal Mexico southward to Guerrero and Veracruz

  • Leptotila verreauxi approximans

    northeastern Brazil (Piauí and Ceará to northern Bahia)

  • Leptotila verreauxi bangsi

    western Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and western Honduras

  • Leptotila verreauxi brasiliensis

    the Guianas and northern Brazil southward to north bank of the Amazon River

  • Leptotila verreauxi capitalis

    Tres Marías Islands (off western Mexico)

  • Leptotila verreauxi chlorauchenia

    southern Bolivia to Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay, and north-central Argentina

  • Leptotila verreauxi decipiens

    lowlands of eastern Peru, eastern Bolivia, and western Brazil south of the Amazon

  • Leptotila verreauxi decolor

    western Colombia to western and northern Peru

  • Leptotila verreauxi fulviventris

    southeastern Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula to eastern Guatemala and Belize

  • Leptotila verreauxi hernandezi

    southwestern Colombia

  • Leptotila verreauxi nuttingi

    western shore of Lake Nicaragua and Isla de Ométepe

  • Leptotila verreauxi tobagensis

    Tobago

  • Leptotila verreauxi verreauxi

    southwestern Nicaragua and Costa Rica to northern Venezuela, Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire, and Trinidad

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.