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Geotrygon montana

Male. Photo by costaricanbirdwatcher
Carara National Park, Costa Rica, March 2009

[edit] Identification

19-28 cm

• Rust back, facial mask and wings
• Breast, rump and undereye stripe are lighter brown

[edit] Distribution

Photo by caribemotion
Monte Plata, Dominican Republic, 2009

Central and South America and the Caribbean
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
Caribbean (West Indies): Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad and Netherlands Antilles.
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• G. m. montana:

• Tropical southern Mexico and Greater Antilles to southern Brazil and northern Argentina

• G. m. martinica:

• Lesser Antilles

[edit] Habitat

Woodland and scrub forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The nest is an insubstantial platform on the ground or in a shrub. The clutch consists of 2 buff eggs.

[edit] Diet

They are ground feeders and the diet includes seeds and small invertebrates.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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