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| Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) - male |
The
Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) is a bird of the family Columbidae, which includes doves and pigeons. It’s the most widely distributed species of the
quail-doves genus (Geotrygon), breeding throughout the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and tropical South America, south to Argentina. It has appeared as a vagrant in Florida and southern Texas. In Panama it’s
fairly common in
forests throughout the country, to 1,200 m (4,000 ft).
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| Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) - male |
It is medium-sized (23.0-25.5 cm), with a stocky build. Sexes differ in plumage. The upperparts of the male are primarily brownish rufous; the most distinctive feature is a buff stripe across the sides to the head under the eyes. The underparts are primarily buffy.
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| Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) - female |
The
female is similar in pattern, but
duller with
olive-brown upperparts. This bird is found in
woodland and scrub forest. It also has adapted to coffee plantations. It is somewhat sensitive to
forest fragmentation.
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| Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) - male |
These birds forage on the ground, mainly eating seeds and small invertebrates in thick cover. Solitarily or in pairs.
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| Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) - male |
Iris is very dark brown, eyelids bright red, with pinkish bare skin of lores and above and below eye, dull red cere, dull red and brownish bill, and reddish tarsi.
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