In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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White-tipped Dove
The White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi) is a large New World tropical dove.
Identification Tips:
* Length: 10 inches
* Pale head and underparts
* Darker upperparts
* Long, squared tail with white outer tips
* Sexes similar
* United States range restricted to southern Texas
White-tipped Dove: Have you seen this bird?
Similar species:
Mourning Dove thinner with pointed tail.
The White-tipped Dove resembles the closely related Grey-fronted Dove, Leptotila rufaxilla, which prefers humid forest habitats. The best distinctions are the greyer forehead and crown.
It is a resident breeder from the southernmost Texas in the USA through Mexico and Central America south to western Peru and central Argentina. It also breeds on the offshore islands of northern South America, including Trinidad and Tobago and the Netherlands Antilles.
The food of this species is mainly seeds obtained by foraging on the ground, but it will also take insects, including butterflies and moths. The call is a deep hollow ooo-wooooo.
The White-tipped Dove is usually seen singly or in pairs, and is rather wary. Its flight is fast and direct.
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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