Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia)

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
31 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1855

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest, dry shrubland, rural gardens. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA.

Bahamas (south to San Salvador and northern Caicos) through Cuba and I of Pines to Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Formerly also Florida Keys, where now merely vagrant.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia) [XC256867]
by Daniel Lane from Cayo Coco, Cuba (song)

Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon) [XC32240]
by Jesse Fagan from Susua State Forest, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico (song)

Subspecies
Like most of congeners, formerly placed in genus Oreopeleia. Forms a superspecies with Bridled Quail-Dove (Geotrygon mystacea).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia) - 10 files

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