title: Ground-dove
text: # Ground-dove
  
  Ground dove refers to a number of genera in two distantly-related groups of doves.
  
  * American ground doves (Claravinae):
     * Claravis pretiosa, the blue ground dove of the Neotropics.
     * Columbina, a genus of small, mostly terrestrial doves from the Americas.
     * Metriopelia, a genus of terrestrial doves which inhabit dry, high-altitude areas of South America.
     * Paraclaravis, a genus of rare, mostly arboreal doves from the Neotropics.
     * Uropelia campestris, the long-tailed ground dove of South America.
  * Indo-Pacific ground doves (Raphinae: Phabini, in part):
     * Gallicolumba, a genus of variably-sized, mostly terrestrial doves from Southeast Asia.
     * Pampusana, a genus of variably-sized, mostly terrestrial doves from Southeast Asia and tropical Pacific islands.
  
  Not to be confused is the thick-billed ground pigeon of the genus Trugon.
  
  