Violaceous Quail-Dove

Geotrygon violacea - Colombe à nuque violette

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Columbiformes

  • Family
    :

    Columbidés

  • Genus
    :

    Geotrygon

  • Species
    :

    violacea

Descriptor

Temminck, 1809

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 24 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 93 à 150 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Violaceous Quail-Dove (Geotrygon violacea) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Geotrygon violacea violacea (Suriname to e Brazil, Paraguay and ne Argentina)
  • Geotrygon violacea albiventer (Nicaragua to n Colombia and Venezuela)

Foreign names

  • Colombe à nuque violette,
  • Paloma perdiz violácea,
  • juriti-vermelha,
  • Bischofstaube,
  • püspök földigalamb,
  • Bisschopskwartelduif,
  • Tortora quaglia violacea,
  • violett vaktelduva,
  • Ametystvakteldue,
  • holubec fialový,
  • holub fialový,
  • Violet Vagteldue,
  • ametistiviiriäiskyyhky,
  • colom-guatlla violàci,
  • błyskotek fioletowy,
  • Фиолетовый земляной голубь,
  • シロハラウズラバト,
  • 紫鹑鸠,
  • violett vaktelduva,
  • 紫鶉鳩,

Voice song and call

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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