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Genus: Geotrygon (9 species)


Grey-fronted Quail-Dove (Geotrygon caniceps) Vulnerable Range: NA: Cuba Zapata, Cuba
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com © All Rights Reserved.


Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia) Range: NA: West Indies Cuba
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com © All Rights Reserved.

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White-fronted Quail-Dove (Geotrygon leucometopia) Endangered Range: NA: Dominican Republic


Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana montana) Male Range: MA, SA: widespread Laguna Tabacal, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana montana) Female Range: MA, SA: widespread Santa Catarina, Brazil On female note bright red eye-ring, bill and feet, and buff head/breast.
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

Widespread but can be difficult to see. Small, like a large dove.
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Bridled Quail-Dove (Geotrygon mystacea) Range: NA: Lesser Antilles St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Purple Quail-Dove (Geotrygon purpurata) Endangered Range: SA: nw Colombia to nw Ecuador Farallones National Park, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Male and female similar (male has brighter colors). Once called Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove.


Sapphire Quail-Dove (Geotrygon saphirina saphirina) Male Range: SA: Colombia to se Peru Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Ottavio Janni © All Rights Reserved.


Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor) Near Threatened Range: NA: Jamaica Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Violaceous Quail-Dove (Geotrygon violacea albiventer) Range: MA, SA: Nicaragua to Venezuela and e, c SA Panama Note white breast/belly.
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© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba