Croaking ground dove

Weight

49 g – 50.1 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Granivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

human_modifiedsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

2src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The croaking ground dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderColumbiformes
5. familyColumbidae
6. genusColumbina
7. SpeciesColumbina cruziana (Prévost, 1842)

Synonyms Columba cruziana, Columbigallina cruziana

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Common ground dove

Columbina passerina

Columbidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Blue-eyed ground dove

Columbina cyanopis

Columbidae

LC, Least Concern

Inca dove

Columbina inca

Columbidae

LC, Least Concern

Ruddy ground dove

Columbina talpacoti

Columbidae

LC, Least Concern

Picui ground dove

Columbina picui

Columbidae

LC, Least Concern

Scaled dove

Columbina squammata

Columbidae

CompareCroaking ground dove vs Common ground doveCroaking ground dove vs Blue-eyed ground doveCroaking ground dove vs Inca doveCroaking ground dove vs Ruddy ground dove

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@misc{croaking_ground_dove_2026,
  title = {Croaking ground dove (Columbina cruziana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/croaking-ground-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}