Blue ground dove
Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Pérez, 1886)
The blue ground dove (Claravis pretiosa) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 65.8 g to 70.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the blue ground dove
- Weight
- 65.8 g – 70.4 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Granivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 14.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
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Where does the blue ground dove live?
Not recorded
What is the blue ground dove?
The blue ground dove (Claravis pretiosa) is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Peru and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad in the Caribbean.
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Is the blue ground dove endangered?
The blue ground dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the blue ground dove classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderColumbiformes
- familyColumbidae
- genusClaravis
- SpeciesClaravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Pérez, 1886)
Synonyms Chamaepelia plumbea, Claravis pretiosa livida, Claravis pretiosa pretiosa, Columba cinerea, Peristera pretiosa
Other names and names in other languages (37)
- Blue ground-doveEnglish
- يمام الأرض الأزرقArabic
- tórtora terrestre blavosaCatalan
- holub šedomodrýCzech
- holoubek šedomodrýCzech
- turtur ddaear lasWelsh
- GrådueDanish
- SchmucktäubchenGerman
- blua grundokolomboEsperanto
- Tórtola azulSpanish
- Palomita azuladaSpanish
- Tortolita AzulSpanish
- Tortolita azuladaSpanish
- täpiktiib-tuviEstonian
- sinimaakyyhkyFinnish
- Colombe bleutéeFrench
- Tourteline bleutéeFrench
- sinji golubCroatian
- ékszer galambocskaHungarian
- Tortorina azzurraItalian
- Colomba terricola azzurraItalian
- ソライロアルキバトJapanese
- melsvasis dirvinis purplelisLithuanian
- blydueNorwegian Bokmål
- Blauwe GrondduifDutch
- siniaczek plamistyPolish
- pararu-azulPortuguese
- rolinha-azuladaPortuguese
- Голубая земляная горлицаRussian
- dudlavec belasýSlovak
- Plavi livadski golubićSerbian
- blå markduvaSwedish
- blå sparvduvaSwedish
- Mavi Yer KumrusuTurkish
- талпакоті сірийUkrainian
- 蓝地鸠Chinese
- 藍地鳩Chinese
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Relatives of the blue ground dove
Other species in the same family Columbidae.
Rock dove
Columba livia
Dodo
Raphus cucullatus
Common wood pigeon
Columba palumbus
Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia decaocto
European turtle dove
Streptopelia turtur
Stock dove
Columba oenas
CompareBlue ground dove vs Rock doveBlue ground dove vs DodoBlue ground dove vs Common wood pigeonBlue ground dove vs Eurasian collared dove
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the blue ground dove?
An adult blue ground dove weighs 65.8 g – 70.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the blue ground dove endangered?
The blue ground dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the blue ground dove?
The blue ground dove (Claravis pretiosa) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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