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Long tailed ground dove

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Uropelia campestris

Higher classification
  
Uropelia

Order
  
Columbiformes

Family
  
Columbidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Uropelia Bonaparte, 1855

Similar
  
Henicophaps, New Britain bronzewing, Reinwardtoena, Turacoena, Yungas dove

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. 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.

References

Long-tailed ground dove Wikipedia