Scaled Pigeon
Patagioenas speciosa(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Scaled Pigeon
The Scaled Pigeon (Patagioenas speciosa) 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: tropical southern Mexico to Brazil and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Patagioenas speciosa
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scaled Pigeon
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba speciosa
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Cayenne, ez Daubenton, PI. enlum., pi. 213.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.783
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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