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title: "Fogo-apagou"
description: "Columbina squammata — Aves. The scaled dove (Columbina squammata), also known as scaly dove, Ridgway's dove, mottled dove, and South American zebra dove, is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago,Venezuela and Uruguay."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/scaled-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fogo-apagou

> Columbina squammata — Aves. The scaled dove (Columbina squammata), also known as scaly dove, Ridgway's dove, mottled dove, and South American zebra dove, is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago,Venezuela and Uruguay.

- Scientific name: *Columbina squammata*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 4131
- Wikidata: [Q1259412](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1259412)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3564](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3564)

## Names

- en: Scaled Dove
- de: Schuppentäubchen
- es: Torcacita escamada
- fr: Colombe écaillée
- nl: Zuid-Amerikaanse Incaduif
- pt: Fogo-apagou
- pl: Gołąbeczek jarzębaty

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2935), CO (678), VE (203), AR (80), PY (34), BO (14), TT (5), UY (3)

## Summary

The scaled dove (Columbina squammata), also known as scaly dove, Ridgway's dove, mottled dove, and South American zebra dove, is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago,Venezuela and Uruguay.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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

## Photo

![Fogo-apagou](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scaled-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62576

## Machine access

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