Blue-headed quail-dove | |
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Blue-headed quail-dove Near Playa Larga, Cuba | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Starnoenas Bonaparte, 1838 |
Species: | S. cyanocephala
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Binomial name | |
Starnoenas cyanocephala | |
Synonyms | |
Columba cyanocephala Linnaeus, 1758 |
The blue-headed quail dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), or blue-headed partridge-dove, is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. It is monotypic within the subfamily Starnoenadinae and genus Starnoenas.[2][3]