Blue ground dove
| Blue ground dove | |
|---|---|
| male | |
| female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Claravis Oberholser, 1899 |
| Species: | C. pretiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Pérez, 1886) | |
The blue ground dove (Claravis pretiosa) is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Peru and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad in the Caribbean.