Plain-breasted Ground-Dove

Columbina minuta

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderColumbiformes (Pigeons and Doves)
FamilyColumbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
GenusColumbina (Small Ground Doves)
SpeciesColumbina minuta (Plain-breasted Ground-Dove)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Tikal National Park

2 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026

769 Verified sightings across all 41 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Plain-breasted Ground-Dove

The plain-breasted ground dove (Columbina minuta) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It lacks the scaled appearance to the feathers of the similar and typically more abundant common ground dove. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the plain-breasted ground dove in his six volume Ornithologie based on a specimen that he mistakenly believed had been collected in Santo Domingo of the Dominican Republic. He used the French name La petite tourterelle brune d'Amérique and the Latin Turtur parvus fuscus americanus. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the plain-breasted ground dove which he placed with the other pigeons in the genus Columba. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Columba minuta and cited Brisson's work. The specific name minuta is from the Latin minutus meaning "small"... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Columbina talpacoti

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

LC Endemic

Columbina passerina

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Patagioenas nigrirostris

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Leptotila plumbeiceps

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Patagioenas speciosa

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

LC Endemic

Leptotila verreauxi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

LC Endemic

Geotrygon montana

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Claravis pretiosa

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Patagioenas cayennensis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

LC Endemic

Patagioenas flavirostris

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Zenaida asiatica

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Leptotila cassinii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
2	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
3	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
4	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
5	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
6	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
7	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
8	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
9	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
10	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
11	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
12	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
13	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
14	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
15	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
16	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
17	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
18	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
19	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
20	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
21	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
22	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
23	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
24	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
25	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
26	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
27	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
28	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Insufficient data
29	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
30	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
31	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
32	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
33	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
34	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
35	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
36	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
37	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	Insufficient data
38	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
39	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
40	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data
41	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data

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Plain-breasted Ground-Dove

About the Plain-breasted Ground-Dove

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Ruddy Ground-Dove

Common Ground-Dove

Short-billed Pigeon

Gray-headed Dove

Scaled Pigeon

White-tipped Dove

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Blue Ground-Dove

Pale-vented Pigeon

Red-billed Pigeon

White-winged Dove

Gray-chested Dove

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found