Violaceous Quail-Dove (Geotrygon violacea) [XC138398]
by Rafael Martos Martins from Tucurui dam, left bank of the lake, Brazil (song)
Violaceous Quail-Dove (Geotrygon violacea) [XC389204]
by Juha Honkala from Nazar\u00e9 Paulista, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Like most of congeners, formerly placed in genus Oreopeleia. Possibly related to Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia) and Bridled Quail-Dove (Geotrygon mystacea), both of which it resembles in coloration.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
albiventer Lawrence, 1865 - Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama through north-eastern Colombia (Santa Marta region) to west, northern and south-central Venezuela.
violacea (Temminck, 1809) - Surinam, through eastern Brazil south of Amazon (eastern Pará, Alagoas and Bahia through Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais to Sío Paulo and Paraná) to northern and eastern Bolivia (Pando, La Paz, Beni, Santa Cruz), Paraguay and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).