Scaled dove

Columbina squammata

The Scaled dove (Columbina squammata) is a bird found in Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia. Open land and gardens across South America. It eats seeds and nuts and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Columbina squammata
Region	North America
Found in	Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia

🏡 Where the Scaled dove lives

Open land and gardens across South America.

🍽️ What it eats

🌰 Seeds & nuts80%
🐛 Insects & bugs20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Its feathers look like fish scales.

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Recorded by Marcos E. Sosa (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1074213. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Scaled dove

Where does the Scaled dove live?

The Scaled dove lives in Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia. Open land and gardens across South America.

What does the Scaled dove eat?

seeds and nuts (about 80%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Scaled dove endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.