Short-billed Pigeon

What the Short-billed Pigeon sounds like

Recorded by radrat · Call, duet · Panama Rainforest Discovery Center, Panama · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Justin Watts · Call · Parque Nacional Carara, Puntarenas, Costa Rica · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Oliver Komar · Song · Wampusirpi, Departamento de gracias a dios, Honduras · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Short-billed Pigeon

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 Short-billed Pigeon

The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Short-billed Pigeon

The short-billed pigeon is a largish pigeon which breeds from southern Mexico south to northwestern Colombia. It is a member of a clade of Patagioenas that contains the smaller and rather plain species with characteristic calls that constitute the subgenus Oenoenas.

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Easily confused with

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). Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinaceaThe ruddy pigeon is a largish pigeon which breeds from Costa Rica south to western Ecuador, Bolivia, and central Brazil. Plumbeous PigeonPatagioenas plumbeaThe plumbeous pigeon is 34 cm (13 in) long and weighs 172 to 231 g (6.1 to 8.1 oz).