What is "scaled dove"

Scaled \Scaled\, a.

1. Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.

2. Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring.

3. (Zo["o]l.) Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove.

   Scaled dove (Zo["o]l.), any American dove of the genus Scardafella. Its colored feather tips resemble scales.

n. ''Columbina squammata'', a South American dove with coloured feather tips.

The scaled dove (Columbina squammata), also known as scaly dove, Ridgway's dove, Mottled Dove, and South American Zebra Dove, is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.