---
title: "Gray-fronted Dove"
description: "Leptotila rufaxilla — Birds. The grey-fronted dove (Leptotila rufaxilla) is a large New World tropical dove."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/gray-fronted-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gray-fronted Dove

> Leptotila rufaxilla — Birds. The grey-fronted dove (Leptotila rufaxilla) is a large New World tropical dove.

- Scientific name: *Leptotila rufaxilla*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 894
- Wikidata: [Q1271347](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1271347)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3302](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3302)

## Names

- en: Gray-fronted Dove
- de: Rotachseltaube
- es: Paloma cabeza ploma
- fr: Colombe à front gris
- nl: Grijskruinduif
- pl: Gołębik szaroczelny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (344), CO (89), PE (69), EC (57), GF (44), AR (42), TT (25), BO (21), UY (11), SR (6)

## Summary

The grey-fronted dove (Leptotila rufaxilla) is a large New World tropical dove. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Chile.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-fronted_dove

## Photo

![Gray-fronted Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-fronted-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17803993

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gray-fronted-dove?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).