Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris)

Other Scientific Names
Columba flavirostris [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Columba flavirostris [Stotz et al. (1996)], Columba flavirostris [BirdLife International (2004)]

Other Names (World)
Red-billed Pigeon, Blue Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
37 cm

First Described (Guide)
Wagler, 1831

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m, occasionally to 2,140 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 2,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris) [XC499731]
by Richard E. Webster from Panuco Road, Sinaloa, Mexico (song)

Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris) [XC352718]
by Richard E. Webster from Tecuitata (pueblo), San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Peruvian Pigeon (Patagioenas oenops) and Plain Pigeon (Patagioenas inornata).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

restricta (van Rossem, 1930) - Western Mexico, from west-central Sonora to Sinaloa.
madrensis (Nelson, 1898) - Tres Marías Is (off west-central Mexico).
flavirostris Wagler, 1831 - Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas through south-eastern Sonora, Sierra Madre in Chihuahua, and San Luis Potosí south to Nicaragua and eastern Costa Rica.
minima (Carriker, 1910) - Lowlands of Costa Rica about Gulf of Nicoya.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris) - 10 files

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