Maroon-chested Ground Dove
Paraclaravis mondetoura(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1856)
English (US) Maroon-chested Ground Dove
The Maroon-chested Ground Dove (Paraclaravis mondetoura) 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: montane bamboo thickets locally and sporadically from Chiapas (southeastern Mexico) to central BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Paraclaravis mondetoura
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Maroon-chested Ground Dove
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1856)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Peristera mondetoura
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1856)
- Type locality
- Caracas, Venezuela.
- Original description
- Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 42 p.765
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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