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title: "White-tipped Dove"
description: "Leptotila verreauxi — Aves. The white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi) is a large New World tropical dove."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-tipped-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-tipped Dove

> Leptotila verreauxi — Aves. The white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi) is a large New World tropical dove.

- Scientific name: *Leptotila verreauxi*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 14271
- Wikidata: [Q1066498](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1066498)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3280](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3280)

## Names

- en: White-tipped Dove
- de: Blauringtaube
- es: Paloma arroyera
- fr: Colombe de Verreaux
- nl: Verreaux' duif
- pl: Gołębik białosterny

## Countries with the most observations

MX (2395), US (2338), BR (2089), CR (1366), AR (1211), PA (936), CO (926), EC (398), CW (162), TT (145), PE (136), BO (115)

## Summary

The white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi) is a large New World tropical dove. Its scientific name commemorates the French naturalists Jules and Edouard Verreaux.

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

## Photo

![White-tipped Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-tipped-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314893658

## Machine access

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