Yungas Dove (Leptotila megalura)

Other Names (World)
Yungas Dove, White-faced Dove, Large-tailed Dove, Long-tailed Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
32 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater & Salvin, 1879

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 900 - 2,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia.

Andes in north, eastern and south-eastern Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca, Tarija) and north-western Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca, Tucumán, La Rioja).

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 (12)...)

Yungas Dove (Leptotila megalura) [XC1536]
by Niels Krabbe from Ca\u00f1on Verde, Chuquisaca, Bolivia (song)

Yungas Dove (Leptotila megalura) [XC48682]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Serrania de Acambuco (camino al Pozo Tuyunti), Tartagal, Salta, Argentina (song)

Subspecies
Probably forms superspecies with White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi), although the two overlap widely in north-western Argentina. Southern populations sometimes awarded separate subspecies, saturata, on basis of stronger ruddy tinge.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yungas Dove (Leptotila megalura) - 10 files

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