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Ruddy Quail-Dove
Hector Bottai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pigeons & doves

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishRuddy Quail-Dove
DutchBergkwartelduif
SpanishPaloma Canela
Chinese红鹑鸠
Sranan Tongodoifi (general name for the group)
Scientific nameGeotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The ruddy quail-dove (Geotrygon montana) 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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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderColumbiformes
FamilyColumbidae
GenusGeotrygon

In Suriname

198Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1867First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini80
  • Brokopondo69
  • Commewijne9
  • Para9
  • Paramaribo6

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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