White-tipped Dove
Leptotila verreauxi
ORDER: COLUMBIFORMES
FAMILY: COLUMBIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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A secretive bird of the Neotropics, the White-tipped Dove reaches the northern edge of its range in southern Texas. It spends most of its time foraging inconspicuously on the ground, occasionally bursting into the air with noisy wingbeats and distinctive flashes of chestnut color under the wings.