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Long-tailed ground dove

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Long-tailed ground dove
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Uropelia

Bonaparte, 1855
Species:
U. campestris
Binomial name
Uropelia campestris
(Spix, 1825)

The long-tailed ground dove (Uropelia campestris) is a species of bird in the dove and pigeon family, Columbidae. It is the only species, within the genus Uropelia.[2] It is found in the cerrado of central and northeast-central Brazil and neighboring Bolivia in the southwest. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN
  2. ^ ""ITIS Report: Uropelia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 August 2014.