Jim - I think the photos are supportive of Inca Dove.  All the images of
Scaled Dove I have been able to find on the internet (e.g. hyperlinks
below), show broad white terminal/subterminal marks on several rows of the
wing coverts:

 

http://www.mangoverde.com/wbg/picpages/pic72-124-3.html

http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/scasqu2144.jpg

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/votacio.phtml?idVideo=4330
<http://www.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/votacio.phtml?idVideo=4330&tipus=1> &tipus=1

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/votacio.phtml?idVideo=4329
<http://www.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/votacio.phtml?idVideo=4329&tipus=1> &tipus=1

 

I don't see this at all on the photos Derek posted.

 

My 2 cents,

Mark L Hoffman

 

 

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] INCA DOVE?!

 

Hi Folks!

 

I will not join the majority vote at the moment.  There are two species in 

the Genus Scardafella: Inca Dove and Scaled Dove.  I can't tell from the
photos 

which it is.

 

Good Birding!

 

Jim

 

Jim Stasz

North Beach MD