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History And Current Status Of The Inca Dove (Columbina Inca) In Arkansas, Ragupathy Kannan, Jack Jackson, Ethan Brooks Jan 2019

History And Current Status Of The Inca Dove (Columbina Inca) In Arkansas, Ragupathy Kannan, Jack Jackson, Ethan Brooks

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Formerly a bird of Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States, the Inca Dove (Columbina inca) has been expanding northward across North America in the past few decades. It first appeared in Arkansas on October 26, 1968 in Saratoga, Howard County. Since then, the statewide range has grown to include at least 36 of 75 counties and is expanding. With the use of Christmas Bird Counts, Breeding Bird Surveys, and two citizen science sources, eBird and AR-Birds, we compiled 368 records of the species in the state. Inca Doves were observed year-round in Arkansas and are expanding …