Caribbean Dove
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| Caribbean Dove | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Leptotila |
| Species: | L. jamaicensis |
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| Leptotila jamaicensis (Linnaeus, 1766) |
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The Caribbean Dove (Leptotila jamaicensis) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in the Cayman Islands, Colombia (San Andrés island), Honduras (Bay Islands), Jamaica and Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula). It has been introduced to New Providence in the Bahamas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
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Media related to Leptotila jamaicensis at Wikimedia Commons- BirdLife International 2004. Leptotila jamaicensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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