Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)

Other Scientific Names
Columba squamosa [BirdLife International (2004)], Columba squamosa [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Columba squamosa [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Scaly-naped Pigeon, Red-necked Pigeon, Scaled Pigeon(!), Blue Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
32 - 41 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonnaterre, 1792

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Jamaica.

Greater Antilles (except Jamaica) and Lesser Antilles; also Curaçao and Bonaire, and Los Testigos (off north-eastern Venezuela).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa) [XC356999]
by Paul Driver from Grenadines, St Vincent & Grenadines (song)

Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa) [XC308647]
by Paul Driver from Cachote, Barahona, Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic (song)

Subspecies
Closely related to White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala), the songs of the two species are spectrographically similar. They overlap in parts of their ranges but tend to occupy different habitats. In Jamaica, this species is replaced by Ring-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas caribaea).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa) - 10 files

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