Geotrygon

Geotrygon
Key West quail-dove
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Columbinae
Genus: Geotrygon
Gosse, 1847
Type species
Columba cristata[1] = Geotrygon versicolor
Temminck, 1809
Species

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Geotrygon is a bird genus in the pigeon and dove family (Columbidae). Its members are called quail-doves, and all live in the Neotropics. The species of this genus have ranges from southern Mexico and Central America to the West Indies and South America. Quail-doves are ground-dwelling birds that live, nest, and feed in dense forests. They are remarkable for their purple to brown coloration with light-and-dark facial markings.

The genus Geotrygon was introduced in 1847 by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek geō- meaning "ground-" and trygōn meaning "turtledove".[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the crested quail-dove (Geotrygon versicolor).[4]

The genus contains nine species:[5]

Genus Geotrygon – Gosse, 1847 – nine species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Grey-fronted quail-dove

Geotrygon caniceps
(Gundlach, 1852) 		Cuba
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Diet: 		 VU 


Key West quail-dove

Geotrygon chrysia
Bonaparte, 1855 		the Bahamas
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Diet: 		 LC 


White-fronted quail-dove or Hispaniolan quail-dove

Geotrygon leucometopia
(Chapman, 1917) 		Dominican Republic
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Diet: 		 EN 


Ruddy quail-dove

Geotrygon montana
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Two subspecies
  • G. m. martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • G. m. montana (Linnaeus, 1758)
the West Indies, Central America, and tropical South America
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Diet: 		 LC 


Bridled quail-dove

Geotrygon mystacea
(Temminck, 1811) 		Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles north and west to Puerto Rico
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Diet: 		 LC 


Purple quail-dove

Geotrygon purpurata
(Salvin, 1878) 		Colombia and Ecuador
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Diet: 		 EN 


Sapphire quail-dove

Geotrygon saphirina
Bonaparte, 1855 		Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Crested quail-dove

Geotrygon versicolor
(Lafresnaye, 1846) 		Jamaica.
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Diet: 		 NT 


Violaceous quail-dove

Geotrygon violacea
(, )

Two subspecies
  • G. v. violacea
  • G. v. albiventer
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Diet: 		 LC 



Fossils

Members of the genera Zentrygon and Leptotrygon are also known as quail-doves, and were formerly included in Geotrygon. The species Starnoenas cyanocephala was previously referred to as a quail-dove, though this English name is no longer used.[6]

Zenaidini 

Geotrygon – 9 species

Leptotila – 11 species

Leptotrygon – olive-backed quail-dove

Zenaida – 7 species

Zentrygon – 8 species

Cladogram showing the position of genera in the tribe Zenaidini.[7][8]
  1. ^ "Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ Gosse, Philip Henry (1847). The Birds of Jamaica. London: J. Van Voorst. p. 316.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 132.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. ^ Olson, Storrs L.; Wiley, James W. (2016). "The Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala): An Australasian dove marooned in Cuba". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 128: 1–21. doi:10.1676/1559-4491-128.1.1.
  7. ^ Banks, R.C.; Weckstein, J.D.; Remsen Jr, J.V.; Johnson, K.P. (2013). "Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini)". Zootaxa. 3669 (2): 184–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.11.
  8. ^ Johnson, K.P.; Weckstein, J.D. (2011). "The Central American land bridge as an engine of diversification in New World doves". Journal of Biogeography. 38: 1069–1076. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02501.x.