Key West Quail-Dove - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by birdboybowley
Cueva del Jabali, Cayo Coco, Cuba. 25 February 2019

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

This is a monotypic species¹.

Photo by Peter R. Bono
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

1. 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/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Key West Quail-Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Key_West_Quail-Dove

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