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Common Ground-dove

Columbina passerina

Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in all 67 counties, across 10 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
10

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
10
Habitat models
Year-round

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 10

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 10

Coastal dunes and beaches

White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola
Year-roundAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach; Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Southeast Florida Beach; Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; Southwest Florida Beach; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland; Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal GrasslandGeorge Catlin, White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola (1834-35): high white dunes with scattered clumps of dune plants above the Gulf. Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, FloridaWhite Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola, George Catlin (1796-1872), 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain hammocks

In the Jungle, Florida
Year-roundSouth Florida Hardwood Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904)In the Jungle, Florida, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

Pine flatwoods

Georgia Pines
Year-roundEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; South Florida Pine Flatwoods; Central Florida Pine Flatwoods; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine FlatwoodsGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise"
Year-roundOpen Water (Fresh); Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural LakeshoreMartin Johnson Heade, Florida Sunrise: still water and a palm-fringed shore glowing at dawn. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, Florida Sunrise, c. 1890-1900)Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise", Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1890-1900. Public domain. Source record.

Florida scrub

Evergreen scrub oaks, sand pine and rosemary on deep, white, drought-prone sand ridges, burned rarely but intensely; distinct from the longleaf and turkey oak sandhills.

Year-round

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Year-roundDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

Year-roundSouthwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

Year-roundFlorida Dry Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Year-roundDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

Year-roundFlorida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier
Other habitats in its models (42)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

In Florida 2

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round.
Elsewhere in the South (10)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Year-round.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Year-round.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Year-round.
Land cover and other classes (30)
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • Barren Land Year-round.
  • Developed, High Intensity Year-round.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Year-round.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Year-round.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Year-round.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Year-round.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Year-round.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Forest Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Year-round.
  • Recently Logged Areas Year-round.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Year-round.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Year-round.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

  • Year-round: nests here, in all 67 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 274

Plant genera in its diet records (48)
  • Croton 36 diet records. 9 native plants in Florida
  • Panicum 18 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida
  • Sida 16 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida
  • Euphorbia 12 diet records. 39 native plants in Florida
  • Oxalis 12 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
  • Paspalum 10 diet records. 19 native plants in Florida
  • Acalypha 8 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Amaranthus 8 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
  • Ambrosia 8 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Argemone 8 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
  • Commelina 8 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
  • Galium 8 diet records. 8 native plants in Florida
  • Lepidium 8 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Rapistrum 8 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Setaria 8 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Thamnosma 8 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Urochloa 8 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
  • Malva 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Polygonum 6 diet records. 10 native plants in Florida
  • Rumex 6 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Scutellaria 6 diet records. 11 native plants in Florida
  • Tradescantia 6 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Triticum 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Vicia 6 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
  • Berchemia 4 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Clinopodium 4 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Crotalaria 4 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Cyperus 4 diet records. 37 native plants in Florida
  • Hemizonia 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Iva 4 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
  • Meximalva 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Mollugo 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Rhynchosia 4 diet records. 10 native plants in Florida
  • Tragia 4 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida
  • Verbena 4 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
  • Chloris 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Cirsium 2 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
  • Cuscuta 2 diet records. 9 native plants in Florida
  • Geranium 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
  • Helianthus 2 diet records. 14 native plants in Florida
  • Ipomoea 2 diet records. 13 native plants in Florida
  • Lithospermum 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Madia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Malvastrum 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
  • Oenothera 2 diet records. 10 native plants in Florida
  • Sorghum 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Sphaeralcea 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Zanthoxylum 2 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Florida, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 127

Plants 187

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Florida

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 116

Plants 1524

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Florida

Pine flatwoods

Birds 69

Plants 315

All of pine flatwoods in Florida

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources