The Basic Information of a Inca Dove

                                                           Inca Dove

Species Name: Inca Dove

Scientific Name: Columbina Inca

Appearance: Inca Doves have gray-brown feathers giving a fish scale like appearance

Range: Inca Doves are common in the Southwest and have expanded northward and southward.

Reproduction: Inca Dove males build the nest's with stems, grasses, leaves, twigs and strips of bark. Then when the female Inca Dove comes, the Dove arranges the nest properly. After a few days the pair abandon the nest and build another nest(there may be 1 or 2 false nests). The female Inca Dove then lay's 2 eggs and after 12-14 days the baby Inca Doves leave the nest to join a flock of juvenile Inca Doves. The parent Inca Doves then move on to start another nest and mate again.

Diet: The Inca Doves diet usually consists of eating dried seeds, wheat, oat, and smaller seeds available as well as weeds, and grass seeds.

                    Extra Facts: The Inca Doves disticnt call "coo-coo" is often meaning "no hope".