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title: "Steenduif"
description: "Columbina talpacoti — Vogels. The ruddy ground dove (Columbina talpacoti) is a small New World tropical dove."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ruddy-ground-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Steenduif

> Columbina talpacoti — Vogels. The ruddy ground dove (Columbina talpacoti) is a small New World tropical dove.

- Scientific name: *Columbina talpacoti*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 27861
- Wikidata: [Q1386698](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1386698)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3580](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3580)

## Names

- en: Ruddy Ground Dove
- de: Rosttäubchen
- es: Tortolita Canela
- fr: Colombe rousse
- nl: Steenduif
- pt: Rolinha-roxa
- pl: Gołąbeczek cynamonowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (7354), MX (6158), CO (4434), PA (2254), CR (1412), AR (511), SV (462), TT (428), BZ (349), BO (347), HN (328), US (328)

## Summary

The ruddy ground dove (Columbina talpacoti) is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from Mexico south to Brazil, Peru and Paraguay, and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago. Individual birds can sometimes be seen in the southwestern USA, from southern Texas to southernmost California, primarily during winter.
The ruddy ground dove is very common in scrub and other open country, including cultivated land and urban centers, where it can be seen feeding on grain alongside feral pigeons. It builds a solid but sparsely lined cup-shaped stick nest in a tree and lays two white eggs. Incubation…

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

## Photo

![Steenduif](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ruddy-ground-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allan Harris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193064861

## Machine access

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