talpacoti

English

Etymology

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

Noun

talpacoti (plural talpacotis)

1. The ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti, found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.
   • 1889, Philip Lutley Sclater, Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Republic, page 144:

     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, ...

   • 1906, The Avicultural Magazine, page 114:

     [...] 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, [...]

   • 1939, Carl Albert Naether, The Book of the Pigeon, page 225:

     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).

   • 1959, Jean Delacour, Wild pigeons and doves, page 36:

     [...] 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.

   • 1970, James Lumpkin Taylor, A Portuguese-English Dictionary, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 558:

     rôla (f.) any of numerous small doves and pigeons, esp. the talpacoti dove (Columbigalla talpacoti) c.a.