Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor)

Other Names (World)
Crested Quail-Dove, Jamaican Quail-dove, Blue Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
31 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1846)

Habitat
Wet limestone and montane forests. From 100 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Jamaica (B) (NB).

Jamaica.

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) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat loss and degradation through conversion to plantations, small-scale farming and clearance for development, trapping consumption and the cage-bird trade, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor) [XC48120]
by id from Silver Hill Gap, St. Andrew, Jamaica (song)

Subspecies
Formerly listed as only member of Geotrygon, as most of congeners were placed in genus Oreopeleia. It is unique within current genus in possessing a conspicuous occipital crest. Forms a superspecies with Grey-headed Quail-Dove (Geotrygon caniceps) with which it shares the chestnut underwing and lack of black facial markings.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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