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Bird name:

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montanaOrder: COLUMBIFORMES Family: Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Codes: Common Name: RUQD Scientific Name: GEOMON ITIS Taxonomic No.: 177180

Ruddy Quail-Dove Breeding Male Small Portrait

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Overview

Ruddy Quail-Dove: Medium-sized dove, rufous overall with pale buff throat, streak under eye, and belly. Red-brown underwings shown in flight. Black tipped red bill, red legs and feet. Forages on the ground for seeds, fruit and small snails. Swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings.

Range and Habitat

Ruddy Quail-Dove: Native of Mexico, Central American, and South America, but a rare vagrant in the southern U.S. Found in semi-arid and humid woodlands, scrub, and forests.

Topo Map: Pigeon-like Body

Voice Text

"whooooooo", "oooooooooh"

Interesting Facts

The Ruddy Quail-Dove is somewhat sensitive to forest fragmentation.

It dwells on the forest floor, where it is more often heard than seen.

A group of doves has many collective nouns, including a "bevy", "cote", "dole", "dule", and "flight" of doves.

Bird Term Glossary

Author

Gary Owen Dick

Artist

Irina Rud-Volga

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Ruddy Quail-Dove

● Song: "whooooooo", "oooooooooh"

● Foraging & Feeding: Ruddy Quail-Dove: Eats fallen fruits, seeds, and small snails; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Ruddy Quail-Dove: Two buff eggs are laid in a nest made of leaves and sticks, and built on the ground or low in a tree, up to 8 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 10 to 11 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Ruddy Quail-Dove: Key West Quail-Dove is larger, has proportionally longer tail, white chin, throat, and underparts, and chestnut-brown upperparts glossed with green and purple.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings.

Ruddy Quail-Dove Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Ruddy Quail-Dove: Native of Mexico, Central American, and South America, but a rare vagrant in the southern U.S. Found in semi-arid and humid woodlands, scrub, and forests.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationRare to fairly common

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight4.1 Ounces

Pigeon-like Body

Belly

The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Field Guide to Birds of North America

Ruddy Quail-Dove

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Birdman Mel's Backyard Tips

Overview

Range and Habitat

Topo Map: Pigeon-like Body

Voice Text

Interesting Facts

Bird Term Glossary

Author

Artist

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Flight Pattern