Other Scientific Names
Columba speciosa [BirdLife International (2004)], Columba speciosa [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Columba speciosa [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.
Southern Mexico (Oaxaca and Veracruz) south through Central and northern South America to eastern Peru, northern and eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil (Santa Catarina); also Trinidad.
 
Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).
Scaled Pigeon (Patagioenas) [XC264407]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Esmeraldas: Quinind\u00e9 forest, Ecuador (song)
Scaled Pigeon (Patagioenas) [XC662174]
by Iv\u00e1n Lau from Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s, Fazenda Lageado, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Appears to be related to White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) and Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa), which exhibit some plumage similarities.