Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

Zentrygon lawrencii (Salvin, 1874)

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove, Zentrygon lawrencii, is a Columbidae bird that breeds in Costa Rica and Panama. It lives in cool, wet montane forest, from northern Costa Rica south-east to central Panama, with scattered populations extending into Darién Province. It is a resident species. The bird is notable for its purplish mantle, with the rest of the upperparts and wings in olive-brown to blackish brown tones, and for its white face and throat marked by dark lines. It was described by Salvin in 1874.

Order

Columbiformes

Family

Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves

Breeding range

Middle America: Costa Rica and Panama