Ruddy Quail-Dove

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When to see the Ruddy Quail-Dove

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

Where to see the Ruddy Quail-Dove

The map shades 32 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, British Virgin Islands, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin.

About the Ruddy Quail-Dove

The ruddy quail-dove is a species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It breeds throughout the West Indies, Central America, and tropical South America. It has appeared as a vagrant in Florida and southern Texas. It lays two buff-colored eggs on a flimsy platform built on a shrub. Some nests are built on the ground.

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Easily confused with

Key West Quail-DoveGeotrygon chrysiaThe Key West quail-dove is approximately 27–31 cm in length. Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystaceaSpecimens of bridled quail-dove from several islands had mean weights between 208 and 224 g (7.3 and 7.9 oz) with fairly large standard deviations. 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).

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