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talpacoti en · NOUN

Etymology

From a Native American language, possibly Classical Nahuatl tlapalcocotli, from tlapalli (“red”), cocotli.

Meanings

1. The ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti, found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.
   • rôla (f.) any of numerous small doves and pigeons, esp. the talpacoti dove (Columbigalla talpacoti) c.a. 1970, James Lumpkin Taylor, A Portuguese-English Dictionary, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 558:
   • [...] the female being only slightly duller than the male. Both Mexican and South American Talpacotis have frequently been imported and reared in Europe and in the United States. The Peruvian Ground Dove (Columbigallina cruziana), about the size of the Talpacoti, is one of the most attractive and easiest small dove[s] to keep and to breed. 1959, Jean Delacour, Wild pigeons and doves, page 36:
   • The Talpacoti or Chocolate Dove is an inhabitant of Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. In Argentina it occurs only on the northern frontiers, and was met with by White at Oran, in the province of Salta, ... 1889, Philip Lutley Sclater, Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Republic, page 144:
   • Breeding pairs may usually be obtained at a cost of a few dollars. One of the most prolific doves which I have kept, a native of eastern South America is the Talpacoti or Ruddy Ground Dove (Chamaepelia talpacoti). 1939, Carl Albert Naether, The Book of the Pigeon, page 225:
   • [...] bird took possession of. Unfortunately in both cases nothing came of the eggs the cock sat on. I thought at first it was because the Talpacoti Dove was so often disturbed, but this does not seem to be the case, [...] 1906, The Avicultural Magazine, page 114:

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