Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
Zentrygon lawrencii(Salvin, O, 1874)
English (US) Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
The Purplish-backed Quail-Dove (Zentrygon lawrencii) 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: Costa Rica to eastern Panama (Darién)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zentrygon lawrencii
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Geotrygon lawrencii
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1874)
- Type locality
- Calobre, Veraguas, Panama.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.4, no.16 p.329
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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