Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia)

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
31 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1855

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest, dry shrubland, rural gardens. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA.

Bahamas (south to San Salvador and northern Caicos) through Cuba and I of Pines to Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Formerly also Florida Keys, where now merely vagrant.

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 (8)...)

Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia) [XC48515]
by Daniel Lane from Eleuthera Island, Bahamas (call)

Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia) [XC100148]
by Scott Connop from Bosque Estatal Guanica, Puerto Rico (song)

Subspecies
Like most of congeners, formerly placed in genus Oreopeleia. Forms a superspecies with Bridled Quail-Dove (Geotrygon mystacea).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia) - 10 files

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