Blue-eyed Ground Dove (Columbina cyanopis)
About the Blue-eyed Ground Dove
The blue-eyed ground dove (Columbina cyanopis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Cerrado region of Brazil. The blue-eyed ground dove was for a time placed in the monotypic genus Oxypelia. That genus was merged into Columbina by the 1960s. Some plumage features set it apart from other Columbina species and more closely resemble those of the blue ground dove (Claravis pretiosa). The blue-eyed ground dove is monotypic. A 2025 phylogenetic study found that the blue-eyed ground dove is more closely related to the genus Paraclaravis than the other species within Columbina, having diverged from Paraclaravis approximately 10 million years ago, suggesting that the monotypic genus Oxypelia should be resurrected.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 26 recordings for this species: 26 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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