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title: "Plain-breasted Ground Dove"
description: "Columbina minuta — Uccelli. The plain-breasted ground dove (Columbina minuta) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/plain-breasted-ground-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plain-breasted Ground Dove

> Columbina minuta — Uccelli. The plain-breasted ground dove (Columbina minuta) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

- Scientific name: *Columbina minuta*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 892
- Wikidata: [Q244422](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244422)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3570](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3570)

## Names

- en: Plain-breasted Ground Dove
- de: Zwergtäubchen
- es: Tortolita Pecho Liso
- fr: Colombe pygmée
- nl: Dwergduif
- pt: Rolinha-de-asa-canela
- pl: Gołąbeczek karłowaty

## Countries with the most observations

BR (235), MX (105), CO (82), PA (73), HN (62), CR (45), GY (21), SV (17), BZ (16), BO (10), NI (10), GT (9)

## Summary

The plain-breasted ground dove (Columbina minuta) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It lacks the scaled appearance to the feathers of the similar and typically more abundant common ground dove.

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

## Photo

![Plain-breasted Ground Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plain-breasted-ground-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/310921241

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plain-breasted-ground-dove?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).