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The dove we pursue in Argentina is the eared dove, a gray speedster that is the cousin of North America's mourning dove-the bird which made "dove shooting" such an exciting pastime in the first place. We have millions of doves, and perfect habitat to assure that we'll have millions for a long time to come.

The word "perdiz" is Spanish slang partridge. You will not shoot a "real" perdiz in Argentina or Uruguay. You'll shoot the most common specie of tinamou.

We have two kinds of pigeons in Argentina and Uruguay, the pica zuro–which is a big, blue-gray wild pigeon about the same size as those that sit on statues in the town square. They are fast, hard to shoot, and many experienced shooters consider the pica zuro to be a sporting bird on par with a pheasant or a mallard duck.

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