Leptotila rufaxilla
(Richard & Bernard, 1792) · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Leptotila rufaxilla's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility99 773 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The grey-fronted dove, (Leptotila rufaxilla) is a large New World tropical dove. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Chile.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved August 24, 2021
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology13
Life cycle & reproduction2
Diet & foraging6
Habitat & environment4
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Leptotila rufaxilla has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Leptotila rufaxilla carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 762×GoaT · Bird Chromosome Database
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type99 773 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions18 of 35 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 25 |
| Washington, US | 21 |
| Buenos Aires, AR | 20 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 17 |
| Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 13 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 13 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 12 |
| US | 11 |
| Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental Collegelocation not on record | 8 |
| München, DE | 8 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 7 |
| Cambridge, US | 6 |
| 6 | |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 5 |
| Seattle, US | 5 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record | 4 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 3 |
| Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN)location not on record | 3 |
| NCBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM)location not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| University, National Zoological Collection of Surinamelocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 1 |
| Los Angeles, US | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Icesi (ICESI)location not on record | 1 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Leptotila rufaxilla was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.