Other Scientific Names
Columba subvinacea [BirdLife International (2004)], Columba subvinacea [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Columba subvinacea [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Ruddy Pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea) [XC482095]
by Jarrod Swackhamer from Cujubim, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (song)
Ruddy Pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea) [XC257601]
by Olaf Jahn from Orellana: 'Yuturi Lodge', s-bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call)
Subspecies
Forms a species group with Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea), Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris) and Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris) and all species have very similar songs distinct from other New World Columba. Sometimes placed in a subgenus Oenoenas. Some taxonomic confusion with Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea) in past. Subspecies berlepshi and purpureotincta have both been considered distinct species. Three further subspecies (ruberrima, anolaimae, ogilviegranti) sometimes recognized for local populations in Colombia.
The following 10 subspecies are recognised:
subvinacea (Lawrence, 1868) - Subtropical zone of Costa Rica and Panama.
berlepschi (Hartert, 1898) - Pacific coast from south-eastern Panama to south-western Ecuador.
zuliae (Cory, 1915) - North-eastern Colombia and western Venezuela.
purpureotincta (Ridgway, 1888) - South-eastern Colombia through southern Venezuela to the Guianas.
bogotensis (Berlepsch and Leverkühn, 1890) - Northern end of western Andes of Colombia south to Amazonian Brazil and northern and eastern Bolivia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea).
ruberrima (Meyer de Schauensee, 1950) - North-western Colombia (Sinú Valley).
anolaimae (Chubb, C, 1917) - Central Colombia.
ogilviegranti (Chubb, C, 1917) - South-eastern Colombia south to eastern Bolivia.
recondita (Todd, 1937) - Central Amazonian Brazil, south of the Amazon.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet