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Columbiformes / Columbidae / Geotrygon

Violaceous Quail-Dove

Geotrygon violacea

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (viqdov1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Geotrygon

Subspecies (2)

Geotrygon violacea albiventer

northern Nicaragua to northern Colombia and western Venezuela
Geotrygon violacea violacea

discontinuously from Suriname to Pará (northeastern Brazil), also east-central and southeastern Peru and northern Bolivia, and south-central Brazil to eastern Paraguay and Misiones (northeastern Argentina)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (viqdov1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.