White-throated Quail-Dove
Zentrygon frenata (Tschudi, 1843)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
White-throated Quail-Dove, Zentrygon frenata, is a Columbidae bird of the Andes in western Colombia to north-western Argentina. It lives in humid evergreen montane forest and is usually found between 900 and 3,000 m, though it can occur as low as 700 m. The species is one of the larger quail-doves. Its breeding range runs from western Colombia through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and into far north-western Argentina. Four subspecies are recognised, and the head pattern varies among them.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- South America: w Colombia to nw Argentina
