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Inca Dove (building nest) |
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Columbina inca |
| Description: 8" A tiny long-tailed dove with scaly gray body and contrasting rufous in wings | Habitat: Dry open country with mesquite and cactus, cities, towns, lawns, parks and gardens, fields, farms, feedlots. Often seen perched on telephone wires and along roadsides in arid southwest. Tame. |
| Nesting: 2 white eggs in a frail nest, usually of small twigs, placed low in a tree or bush | Range: resident in Southwest California west to Oklahoma, south to Texas |
| Voice: a soft coo-coo, coo-coo!, or no hope, often repeated | Diet: Little known; primarily seeds. Young presumably fed crop milk. Drinking water required. |
| Notes: much like a Common Ground Dove except for its long, pointed tail, outter wing produces a "buzzing" sound in flight |
| When present in Oklahoma: Seen primarily during winter months in north-central and south-central portions of state |