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White-tipped Dove
Leptotila verreauxi · Family Columbidae
Leptotila verreauxi
Family Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,137,234
- Countries and territories with records
- 29
About this species
This species has 1,137,234 occurrence records from 29 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Costa Rica (15.2%), Colombia (12.8%), the United States (12.2%), Brazil (11.7%) and Mexico (9.1%); together they account for 61% of the total. In Costa Rica, this species accounts for 0.66% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Leptotila verreauxi combines the genus name Leptotila with the species epithet verreauxi. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Leptotila; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Leptotila rufaxilla, Leptotila cassinii and Leptotila plumbeiceps.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 3.8 times the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.