Purplish-backed Quail-Dove (Zentrygon lawrencii) [XC105503]
by id from Cerro Vistamares, Chagres NP, Panama (call)
Purplish-backed Quail-Dove (Zentrygon lawrencii) [XC71927]
by William Adsett from Las Heliconias Lodge, Volcan Tenorio, Alajuela, Costa Rica (song)
Subspecies
Geotrygon lawrencii (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Purplish-backed Quail-Dove (Zentrygon lawrencii) and Tuxtla Quail-Dove (Zentrygon carrikeri) following AOU (1998).
Like most of congeners, formerly placed in genus Oreopeleia. Forms superspecies with Tuxtla Quail-Dove (Zentrygon carrikeri), with which usually considered conspecific.