Common Ground Dove

Columbina passerina

The common ground dove is a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. It is considered to be the smallest dove that inhabits the United States. As its name suggests, the bird spends the majority of its time on the ground, but can still fly. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 111,233 times across 37 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 30°C (typically 25 to 35°C, from 11 areas).

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in North America ranged from 13°N in May to 24°N in August, about 1,200 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.