Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).
Vagrant to USA.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 5,000,000 - 50,000,000 (2010).
Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) [XC702103]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from San Joaquin (near Puerto Ustarez), Mamore, Departamento del Beni, Bolivia (song)
Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) [XC521869]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from Brotas, Brotas, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (call, song)
Subspecies
Like most of congeners, formerly placed in genus Oreopeleia. A very distinctly marked member of the genus. Perhaps closely related to Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia), Bridled Quail-Dove (Geotrygon mystacea) and Violaceous Quail-Dove (Geotrygon violacea). Subspecies martinica has been considered a separate species.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
montana (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mexico (from southern Sinaloa and Veracruz) south through Central America and Greater Antilles (Cuba and I of Pines, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, perhaps St Tomas) to Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas, and south to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, central and southern Brazil (western Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul) and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet