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ForestPlatform nestMedium · 219 g
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This bird has a mainly cinnamon-brown body with a bright blue crown, black eye stripe, white facial stripe, and a black gorget narrowly bordered with white markings and blue mottling on the sides. 30–33 cm in length.
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When to see the Blue-headed Quail-Dove
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Blue-headed Quail-Dove
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Blue-headed Quail-Dove
The blue-headed quail dove, or blue-headed partridge-dove, is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae that is endemic to the island of Cuba. It is monotypic within the subfamily Starnoenadinae and genus Starnoenas.
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Easily confused with
Grey-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon canicepsThe male grey-fronted quail-dove is 26 to 30 cm (10 to 12 in) long and the female 27 cm (11 in).
Black Wood PigeonColumba janthinaThe black wood pigeon is the largest East Asian representative of the genus Columba; with a weight of around 550 g (19 oz) and an overall length of 37–43.5 cm (14.6–17.1 in), it is on average only slightly smaller than the 41–45 cm (16–18 in) common wood pigeon of Europe and western Asia.
Stephan's Emerald DoveChalcophaps stephaniStephan's emerald dove, also known as Stephan's dove, is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae.
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