<p>The smallest dove in the United States, the Common Ground-Dove is a bird of the southern United States and tropical America. Aptly named, it feeds and nests on the ground. 
Reference - &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Ground-Dove/lifehistory">http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Ground-Dove/lifehistory</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Ground-Dove/lifehistory&lt;/a&gt;
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Observed near the Salton Sea.
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