Grey-fronted Quail-Dove
Geotrygon caniceps(Gundlach, JC, 1852)
English (US) Gray-fronted Quail-Dove
UK name: Grey-fronted Quail-Dove
The Grey-fronted Quail-Dove (Geotrygon caniceps) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: Cuba (rare)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Geotrygon caniceps
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Gray-fronted Quail-Dove
- English (UK)
- Grey-fronted Quail-Dove
- Described by
- (Gundlach, JC, 1852)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba caniceps
- Described by
- (Gundlach, JC, 1852)
- Type locality
- Cuba.
- Original description
- Boston Journal of Natural History 6 p.315
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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