Plumbeous Pigeon

Patagioenas plumbea

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
Genus
Patagioenas
eBird Code
plupig2

Vocalizations

David F. Belmonte · CC_BY_4_0
Roger A. Morales-Flores · CC_BY_4_0
Jens N. Lallensack · CC0_1_0
Tomaz Nascimento de Melo · CC0_1_0
Nicki B · CC0_1_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (6)

  • Patagioenas plumbea baeri

    central Brazil (Goiás and northwestern Minas Gerais)

  • Patagioenas plumbea bogotensis

    distribution not well defined, but typically described as lower slopes of the east side of the Andes from Venezuela southward to Bolivia

  • Patagioenas plumbea chapmani

    southeastern Panama through western Colombia to northwestern Peru (Tumbes area)

  • Patagioenas plumbea pallescens

    distribution not well defined, but reported from southeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and southwest Amazonian Brazil

  • Patagioenas plumbea plumbea

    southeastern Brazil and Paraguay

  • Patagioenas plumbea wallacei

    the Guianas (and easternmost Venezuela?) and central Amazonian Brazil, north of the Amazon west to the Rio Negro

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.