Ruddy Quail-Dove

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Taxobox
name = Ruddy Quail-Dove
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Geotrygon"
species = "G. montana"
binomial = "Geotrygon montana"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Ruddy Quail-Dove ("Geotrygon montana") is a member of the bird family Columbidae, which includes doves and pigeons.

It breeds throughout the the West Indies, Central America, and tropical South America. It has appeared as a vagrant in Florida and southern Texas. It lays two buff colored eggs on a flimsy platform built on a shrub. Some nests are built on the ground.

The Ruddy Quail-Dove is approximately 19-28 cm in length. The bird is distinguished by having a rust colored back, facial mask and similarly colored wings. The breast, rump and undereye stripe are lighter brown. This bird is found in woodland and scrub forest. It also has adapted to coffee plantations. It is somewhat sensitive to forest fragmentation. These birds forage on the ground, mainly eating seeds. It will also take small invertebrates in its diet. Ruddy Quail-Doves feed primarily on the ground.

References

*IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=48816|title= Geotrygon montana|downloaded=09 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
* "National Geographic" "Field Guide to the Birds of North" "America" ISBN 0-7922-6877-6
*"Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol 4", Josep del Hoyo editor, ISBN 84-87334-22-9


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