Geotrygon

Geotrygon
Key West quail-dove
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Subfamily:	Columbinae
Genus:	Geotrygon Gosse, 1847
Type species
Columba cristata [1] = Geotrygon versicolor Temminck, 1809
Species
see text

Geotrygon is a bird genus in the pigeon and dove family (Columbidae). Its members are called quail-doves, and all live in the Neotropics. The species of this genus have ranges from southern Mexico and Central America to the West Indies and South America, with 2 species recorded as occasional vagrants reported in Texas and Florida in the United States. Quail-doves are ground-dwelling pigeons that live, nest, and feed in dense forests. They are remarkable for their vivid coloration with light-and-dark facial markings.

Taxonomy

The genus Geotrygon was introduced in 1847 by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse. ^[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek geō- meaning "ground-" and trygōn meaning "turtledove". ^[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the crested quail-dove (Geotrygon versicolor). ^[4]

Species

The genus contains nine species: ^[5]

Genus Geotrygon – Gosse, 1847 – nine species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Grey-fronted quail-dove	Geotrygon caniceps (Gundlach, 1852)	Cuba	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
Key West quail-dove	Geotrygon chrysia Bonaparte, 1855	Bahamas. southern Florida, Greater Antilles	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
White-fronted quail-dove or Hispaniolan quail-dove	Geotrygon leucometopia (Chapman, 1917)	Dominican Republic	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN
Ruddy quail-dove	Geotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758) Two subspecies G. m. martinica(Linnaeus, 1766) G. m. montana(Linnaeus, 1758)	the West Indies, Central America, and tropical South America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Bridled quail-dove	Geotrygon mystacea (Temminck, 1811)	Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles north and west to Puerto Rico	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Purple quail-dove	Geotrygon purpurata (Salvin, 1878)	Colombia and Ecuador	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN
Sapphire quail-dove	Geotrygon saphirina Bonaparte, 1855	Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Crested quail-dove	Geotrygon versicolor (Lafresnaye, 1846)	Jamaica	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Violaceous quail-dove	Geotrygon violacea (Temminck, 1809) Two subspecies G. v. violacea(Temminck, 1809) G. v. albiventerLawrence, 1865	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

Fossils

• †Puerto Rican quail-dove, Geotrygon larva - prehistoric

Members of the genera Zentrygon and Leptotrygon are also known as quail-doves, and were formerly included in Geotrygon. The Cuban species Starnoenas cyanocephala was previously referred to as a quail-dove, though this English name is no longer used. ^[6]

Zenaidini  Geotrygon – 9 species Leptotila – 11 species Leptotrygon – olive-backed quail-dove Zenaida – 7 species Zentrygon – 8 species

Cladogram showing the position of genera in the tribe Zenaidini. [7] [8]

References

1. "Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
2. Gosse, Philip Henry (1847). The Birds of Jamaica. London: J. Van Voorst. p. 316.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p.  172. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 132.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
6. Olson, Storrs L.; Wiley, James W. (2016). "The Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala): An Australasian dove marooned in Cuba". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 128: 1–21. doi:10.1676/1559-4491-128.1.1.
7. Banks, R.C.; Weckstein, J.D.; Remsen Jr, J.V.; Johnson, K.P. (2013). "Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini)". Zootaxa. 3669 (2): 184–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.11.
8. Johnson, K.P.; Weckstein, J.D. (2011). "The Central American land bridge as an engine of diversification in New World doves". Journal of Biogeography. 38: 1069–1076. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02501.x.

• Gibbs, David; Barnes, Eustace; Cox, John (2001). Pigeons and Doves: A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World. Yale University Press. pp. 370–390. ISBN   0-300-07886-2.