Scardafella
Brooding Inkatäubchen ( Scardafella inca )
Scardafella is a genus of pigeons birds belonging to the subfamily of small American pigeons. The genus includes only two species that are native to North, Central and South America. It has not yet been secured, if the classification of the two species is justified in its own genus. Some authors they are the Columbina attributed to a different genus of small American pigeons.
Appearance
Scardafella are small pigeons birds. Both species reach a body length of 22 centimeters. Your height is thus between that of a diamond and a turtle dove.
As characteristic for American small pigeons their shape is compact. The feathers are missing flashy colors. Gray and brown tones with black spots and feather hems predominate. In the Inca dove, only the forehead and the feathers of the breast center without narrow hems. In the pigeon shed all coverts have dark seams. Both types look a cuckoo.
Distribution and habitat
The Inca Dove comes from Arizona and southern New Mexico through the central area of Texas and Central America to the north of Costa Rica and Nicaragua before. The dove is shed on the other hand is home exclusively in South America and in the Caribbean. It occurs in Brazil, Paraguay and on the north coast of Colombia, Venezuela and the islands of Isla Margarita and Trinidad.
Both types use as a living space open, overgrown with trees or bushes terrain. Both also occur on agricultural land and have also opened up the human settlement areas. Thus, they can be observed in gardens and parks of towns and villages.
Behavior
Both the Inca and the shed pigeon hold during the day to much on the ground. They eat seeds, they are looking only at the bottom. To Sleep and rest them on trees. They build their nests in trees and shrubs. The nest consists of two white eggs. The incubation period is about 14 days. The nestlings fledge after 14 to 16 days.
Species
The two types are counted among the Scardafella:
- Inkatäubchen ( Scardafella inca )
- Schuppentäubchen ( Scardafella squammata )