Blue-headed Quail-Dove
Starnoenas cyanocephala(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Blue-headed Quail-Dove
The Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala) 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: lowlands of Cuba (in danger of extinction)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Starnoenas cyanocephala
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Blue-headed Quail-Dove
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba cyanocephala
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- 'America' = Jamaica?
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.163
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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