- Patagioenas squamosa
Identification
Location: Holetown, Barbados
Scaly-naped Pigeon
Widespread recident in the West Indies, status varying with hunting intensity. Habitat is forests, often montane, but in some islands also occur in villages (from Raffaele et al.) Here on Dominica reasonably common, and occur in the village where I live. Taxonomy according to Clements: All New World Pigeons in the genus Columba should now be changed to Patagioenas. The following species are affected: White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala; Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa; Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa; Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro; Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis; Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa; Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata; Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana; Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea; Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis; Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris; Peruvian Pigeon Patagioenas oenops; Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata; Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea; Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris; Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea and Dusky Pigeon Patagioenas goodsoni. Banks, Richard C., Carla Cicero, Jon L. Dunn, Andrew W. Kratter, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., James D. Rising and Douglas F. Stotz. 2003. Forty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists� Union Check-list of North American birds. The Auk 120 (3): 923-931.
Originally posted by njlarsen
