Ruddy Quail-Dove
Geotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Ruddy Quail-Dove, Geotrygon montana, is a pigeon and dove of Middle America and South America, with a widespread breeding range. It is found in woodland, scrub forest and coffee plantations, and it is also sensitive to forest fragmentation. The bird is marked by a rust-coloured back, facial mask and wings, with a paler brown breast, rump and stripe below the eye. It forages on the ground, mainly taking seeds, and also eats small invertebrates. It nests on a shrub or on the ground, laying two buff eggs on a slight platform.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: widespread
