Ruddy Pigeon

What the Ruddy Pigeon sounds like

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Esmeraldas: Canandé, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Gonzalo Nazati · Call · San Miguel de los Bancos (near Pedro Vicente Maldonado), Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Sucumbíos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank Río Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Ruddy Pigeon

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ruddy Pigeon

The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Ruddy Pigeon

The ruddy pigeon is a largish pigeon which breeds from Costa Rica south to western Ecuador, Bolivia, and central Brazil. It belongs to a clade of small and rather plain species of Patagioenas with characteristic calls that constitute the subgenus Oenoenas. Like the other New World pigeons, it was formerly united with their Old World relatives in Columba, but today the New World genus Patagioenas is recognized as distinct again.

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Easily confused with

Plumbeous PigeonPatagioenas plumbeaThe plumbeous pigeon is 34 cm (13 in) long and weighs 172 to 231 g (6.1 to 8.1 oz). White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephalaThe white-crowned pigeon can measure 29–35 cm (11–14 in) in length, span 48–59 cm (19–23 in) across the wings, and weigh 150–301 g (5.3–10.6 oz). Short-billed PigeonPatagioenas nigrirostrisThe short-billed pigeon is a largish pigeon which breeds from southern Mexico south to northwestern Colombia.