Metriopelia

Metriopelia
	Black-winged ground dove
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Subfamily:	Columbinae
Genus:	Metriopelia; Bonaparte, 1855
Type species
	Columba melanoptera; Gmelin, 1789
Species
	See text

Metriopelia is a genus of ground doves containing four species that live in the dry, upland habitats along the Andean mountain chain in South America. They have large wings and three species have orange skin around the eyes.

The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1855 with the black-winged ground dove (Metriopelia melanoptera) as the type species.^[2] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek metrios meaning "modest" with peleia meaning "dove".^[3]

The four species in the genus are:^[4]

Genus **Metriopelia** – Bonaparte, 1855 – four species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Bare-faced ground dove	Metriopelia ceciliae (Lesson, 1845)	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black-winged ground dove	Metriopelia melanoptera (Molina, 1782) Two subspecies M. m. melanoptera M. m. saturatior.	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Golden-spotted ground dove	Metriopelia aymara (Prévost, 1840)	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Moreno's ground dove	Metriopelia morenoi (Sharpe, 1902)	Argentina	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

^ "Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1855). "Coup d'oeil sur les pigeons (quatrième partie)". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 40: 15–24 [23].
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

[HM4-1] "Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.

[2] Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1855). "Coup d'oeil sur les pigeons (quatrième partie)". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 40: 15–24 [23].

[3] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-4] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

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