Bridled Quail-Dove
Geotrygon mystacea(Temminck, CJ, 1811)
English (US) Bridled Quail-Dove
The Bridled Quail-Dove (Geotrygon mystacea) 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: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands to Lesser Antilles (south to St. Lucia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Geotrygon mystacea
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bridled Quail-Dove
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba mystacea
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1811)
- Type locality
- America; the type in the Leiden Museum is said to be from Santo Domingo, probably an error.
- Original description
- Les Pigeons livr.14-15 p.124, pl.56
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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