Lined Quail-Dove (Zentrygon linearis)

Other Names (World)
Lined Quail-Dove, White-faced Quail-dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
27 - 29 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pr�vost, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Central and north-eastern Colombia (Cauca Valley, Santa Marta, Santa Elena, central and eastern Andes) to western and northern Venezuela (M�rida, Cerro de Avila, Cumbre de Valencia, Paria Peninsula), and Trinidad and Tobago.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Lined Quail-Dove (Zentrygon linearis) [XC236270]
by Niels Krabbe from Magdalena: San Lorenzo ridge, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia (song, songs of 2 birds)

Lined Quail-Dove (Zentrygon linearis) [XC693958]
by Peter Boesman from Chamicero del Perij\u00e1 Proaves Reserve, Cesar, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Like most of congeners, formerly placed in genus Oreopeleia. Sometimes considered conspecific with White-faced Quail-Dove (Zentrygon albifacies), and the two may form a superspecies. Birds from north-eastern Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago have sometimes been placed in subspecies trinitatis and those from Santa Marta Mts in subspecies infusca.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

linearis (Pr�vost, 1843) - Mountains of Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago.
trinitatis (Hellmayr & Seilern, 1912) - North-eastern Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lined Quail-Dove (Zentrygon linearis) - 10 files

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