According to my book “The Birds of Costa Rica, a Field Guide” by Richard Garrigues and illustrated by Robert Dean, there are eleven species of doves in this country - not including quail-doves.
We are visited daily by white-winged doves and common ground doves.
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| White-winged on left and ground dove on the right. |
A pair of white-winged doves raised a family of two under our eaves. Here are the fledglings:
I put seed out for them:
This may not be the best of ideas because word got around in the neighbourhood that grub can be had at such and such a house. So we have moved from a pair of white-winged doves and a pair of ground doves visiting to more than double that number!
They can be quite inquisitive. One dove in particular has strolled into our house a couple of times to snoop around.
Doves are the symbol of peace but when our gang is together, it can be anything but peaceful. They can be quite aggressive, fighting over who is going to get the seed, threatening each other with raised wing displays, and chasing the small ground doves away.
I made a short video that demonstrates their behaviour:
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