Long-tailed Ground Dove
Kamp Dove ( Uropelia campestris )
The Kamp Dove ( Uropelia campestris ), also called Campostäubchen, is a species of pigeons birds. It is the only representative of its genus and belongs to the subfamily of small American pigeons. It comes in two subspecies found only in South America. Although it is a relatively common type, which is classified by the IUCN as safely, is about their habits in the wild, little is known.
Appearance
The Kamp dove reaches a body length of 17 centimeters. This makes it about the size of a diamond dove and one of the smallest species of pigeons. The gender difference is not very pronounced. The female differs from the male only by the slightly paler eye ring.
Kamp pigeons have a blue-gray forehead. The neck is pink, throat and breast are bright pink. The middle and greater wing-coverts each have two dark red spots. The belly and undertail coverts are white. The tail feathers are dull brown. The beak is dark and the iris is light blue. The dark circles are yellowish.
Distribution, habitat and stock
The nominate Uropelia campestris campestris, the only Brazilian in the lowlands of Maranhão and Piaui and the provinces of Goiás and Bahia. They also settled the Marajó Peninsula. The subspecies campestris Uropelia figginsi colonized the rest of Brazil, eastern Bolivia. The species has thus a very large circulation area. The IUCN estimates that 1.8 million square kilometers. Stock numbers have not yet been quantified. The IUCN assumes, however, that the stock is very high, since the type is referred to in at least parts of its range as often.