Purplish-backed Quail-Dove (Zentrygon lawrencii) [XC65161]
by Tommy Kaae from Omar Torrijos N.P., El Cope, Cocle province, Panama (call)
Purplish-backed Quail-Dove (Zentrygon lawrencii) [XC24216]
by Andrew Spencer from Las Minas (Caribbean), Cocle Province, Panama (call)
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.