Purple-winged Ground Dove
Paraclaravis geoffroyi(Temminck, CJ, 1811)
English (US) Purple-winged Ground Dove
The Purple-winged Ground Dove (Paraclaravis geoffroyi) 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: very rare and local, if not extinct; southeastern Brazil (southern Bahia) to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Paraclaravis geoffroyi
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Purple-winged Ground Dove
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba Godefrida
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1811)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Les Pigeons p.125, pl.57
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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