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- Geotrygon chrysia
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.
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, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico.
Taxonomy
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.
