WHITE-TIPPED DOVE Leptotila verreauxi
The White-tipped Dove, or Yerutí to the Guaraní is one of the most familiar large doves in Paraguay. Able to withstand the unforgiving aridity of a Chaco summer as easily as the oppressive humidity of the Atlantic forest it is truly a remarkable species and its success is perhaps no surprise. White-tipped Doves forage mostly on the ground, but if disturbed on a forest path will fly quickly up to a nearby branch and parade backwards and forwards whilst wagging the tail and watching the observer. Once it has got the measure of you it will fly away deeper into the forest.
FIGURE 1 - Adult dorsal view, Asunción, Departamento Central (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 2 - Adult ventral view, Asunción, Departamento Central (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 3 - Adult, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August).
FIGURE 4 - Adult on nest, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2006).
FIGURE 5 - Same individual on nest (Paul Smith August 2006).
FIGURE 6 - 5-day old nestling from same nest (Paul Smith August 2006).
FIGURE 7 - Same nest 5 days after hatching (Paul Smith August 2006).
FIGURE 8 - Same nest 2 days after hatching (Paul Smith August 2006).
FIGURE 9 - Same nestling as Fig 4 at 2 days after hatching (Paul Smith August 2006).
FIGURE 10 - Prints, PN Teniente Enciso (Paul Smith July 2006).
VIDEO A - Adult brooding and feeding the same young (Paul Smith August 2006).
VIDEO B - Nestlings at 5 days (Paul Smith August 2006).
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Leptotila verreauxi call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
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