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Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Range & Recent Observations

Pale-vented Pigeonis a year-round resident and doesn't follow a migration flyway. See the Range tab for where it lives.

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About the Pale-vented Pigeon

The pale-vented pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis) is a large pigeon (family Columbidae) found in the tropical Americas. Formerly often placed in Columba, it actually belongs to a clade of the older New World genus Patagioenas. With its relatives it represents an evolutionary radiation extending through most of the warm-temperate to tropical Americas. Grey-hued birds, even their males generally lack iridescent display plumage, although the present species has some coppery gloss on the nape. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to Bolivia and northern Argentina and on Tobago and Trinidad, although it is very localised on the latter island.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Patagioenas cayennensis
Family
Pigeons and Doves
Order
Columbiformes

Similar species

Other members of the pigeons and doves family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

  • African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
  • Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
  • Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
  • Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
  • Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
  • Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
  • Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
  • European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
  • Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
  • Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps

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