White-fronted Quail-Dove
Geotrygon leucometopia(Chapman, FM, 1917)
English (US) White-fronted Quail-Dove
The White-fronted Quail-Dove (Geotrygon leucometopia) 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: central and southern Dominican RepublicRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Geotrygon leucometopia
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- White-fronted Quail-Dove
- Described by
- (Chapman, FM, 1917)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oreopeleia leucometopius
- Described by
- (Chapman, FM, 1917)
- Type locality
- Mt. Tina, Province of Azua, Dominican Republic.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37 p.327
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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