Purple Quail-Dove
Geotrygon purpurata(Salvin, O, 1878)
English (US) Purple Quail-Dove
The Purple Quail-Dove (Geotrygon purpurata) 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: humid forest of northwestern Colombia to western EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Geotrygon purpurata
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Purple Quail-Dove
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Osculatia purpurata
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1878)
- Type locality
- Ecuador; no exact locality.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.2, no.8 p.448
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Doves and Pigeons
Ecuadorian Ground Dove
Columbina buckleyi
Scaled Dove
Columbina squammata
Picui Ground Dove
Columbina picui
Croaking Ground Dove
Columbina cruziana
Blue-eyed Ground Dove
Columbina cyanopis
Blue-headed Quail-Dove
Starnoenas cyanocephala
Sapphire Quail-Dove
Geotrygon saphirina
Crested Quail-Dove
Geotrygon versicolor
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Geotrygon montana
Violaceous Quail-Dove
Geotrygon violacea
Grey-fronted Quail-Dove
Geotrygon caniceps
White-fronted Quail-Dove
Geotrygon leucometopia
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