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| − | {{ | + | [[File:Key_West_Quail-Dove_BBB.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|birdboybowley|birdboybowley}}<br />Cueva del Jabali, [[Cayo Coco]], [[Cuba]]. 25 February 2019]] |
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;[[:Category:Geotrygon|Geotrygon]] chrysia | ;[[:Category:Geotrygon|Geotrygon]] chrysia | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
27-31 cm in length. Dark rust back and wings. Iridescent crown, nape and back of its neck. The mantle, back, rump and inner wing coverts show purplish red iridescence. White facial stripe. | 27-31 cm in length. Dark rust back and wings. Iridescent crown, nape and back of its neck. The mantle, back, rump and inner wing coverts show purplish red iridescence. White facial stripe. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Bahama Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Hispaniola]], [[Puerto Rico]]. | + | [[Bahama Islands]], [[Cuba]], Isle of Pines, [[Hispaniola]], and southwestern [[Puerto Rico]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. | ||
| + | [[Image:Key_West_Quail_Dove.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} <br/>Photographed along Snake Bight Trail, [[Everglades National Park]], [[Florida]], USA, on April 29, 1979. ]] | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Semi-arid woodland and scrub forest. | Semi-arid woodland and scrub forest. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
It lays 2 buff coloured eggs on a flimsy platform built on a shrub. Some nests are built on the ground. | It lays 2 buff coloured eggs on a flimsy platform built on a shrub. Some nests are built on the ground. | ||
Diet includes seeds, berries, fallen fruit, and snails. | Diet includes seeds, berries, fallen fruit, and snails. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}} | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Geotrygon+chrysia}} | {{GSearch|Geotrygon+chrysia}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Geotrygon]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Geotrygon]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:16, 18 February 2021
- Geotrygon chrysia
Identification
27-31 cm in length. Dark rust back and wings. Iridescent crown, nape and back of its neck. The mantle, back, rump and inner wing coverts show purplish red iridescence. White facial stripe.
Distribution
Bahama Islands, Cuba, Isle of Pines, Hispaniola, and southwestern Puerto Rico.
Taxonomy
Photo by Peter R. Bono
Photographed along Snake Bight Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, on April 29, 1979.
Photographed along Snake Bight Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, on April 29, 1979.
Habitat
Semi-arid woodland and scrub forest.
Behaviour
It lays 2 buff coloured eggs on a flimsy platform built on a shrub. Some nests are built on the ground.
Diet includes seeds, berries, fallen fruit, and snails.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Key West Quail-Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Key_West_Quail-Dove
