Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicSeeds

ForestPlatform nestMedium · 225 g

Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor), photo 1 — Photo: djcooker · CC BY 4.0

Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor), photo 2 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor), photo 3 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor), photo 4 — Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0

Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor), photo 5 — Photo: novvictan · CC BY 4.0

Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor), photo 7 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor), photo 8 — Photo: (c) novvictan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor), photo 9 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crested Quail-Dove (Geotrygon versicolor), photo 10 — Photo: (c) djcooker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

Male crested quail-doves are 27 to 31 cm (11 to 12 in) long; females are 27 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in). They weigh about 225 g (7.9 oz). Males have a black forehead and a drab brown crown. The nape is gray and has elongated feathers producing the eponymous crest. The back and sides of the neck are metallic bronze or bronze-green. The face is mostly gray with a broad reddish buff malar stripe. The gray continues to the belly; the belly and flanks are chestnut. Voice: The crested quail-dove's advertising call is "a short phrase of usually two cooing notes repeated at intervals...'whuuOh..whuuw'."

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When to see the Crested 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 Crested Quail-Dove

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Jamaica

About the Crested Quail-Dove

The crested quail-dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Jamaica.

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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).

Purple Quail-DoveGeotrygon purpurataThe purple quail-dove is 22 to 26 cm (8.7 to 10.2 in) long and weighs about 155 g (5.5 oz).

Violaceous Quail-DoveGeotrygon violaceaMale violaceous quail-doves are 20 to 23.5 cm (7.9 to 9.3 in) long and females 21 to 24.5 cm (8.3 to 9.6 in).

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