Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Caribbean Dove (Leptotila jamaicensis) - HBW 4, p. 170
French: Colombe de la Jamaïque
German: Jamaikataube
Spanish: Paloma Montaraz Jamaicana
Other common names: Ground/Jamaican/Violet/White-fronted/White-bellied Dove, White-belly
Taxonomy: Columba jamaicensis Linnaeus, 1766, Jamaica.
Related to the L. verreauxi superspecies complex. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gaumeri (Lawrence, 1885) - SE Mexico in N Yucatán Peninsula, islands of Holbox, Mujeres and Cozumel, NE Belize (Ambergris Cay), and Honduran islands of Barbareta, Roatán and Little Hog.
- collaris (Cory, 1886) - Cayman Is.
- jamaicensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Jamaica.
- neoxena (Cory, 1887) - San Andrés I (off CE Nicaragua).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A preening bird, perched on a branch. Locality Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp gaumeri)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 14 August 2005 5 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched on a broken branch. Locality Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp gaumeri)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 14 August 2005 5 years ago 21 sec 4.1 -
Bobbing head and then flying away. Locality Rocklands Bird Sanctuary, Anchovy, Cornwall County, Jamaica (ssp jamaicensis)
Ken Simonite 8 January 2012 19 weeks ago 4 sec 3.6
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Walking along a branch.
Locality Rocklands Bird Sanctuary, Anchovy, Cornwall County, Jamaica (ssp jamaicensis)
Ken Simonite 8 January 2012 17 weeks ago 4.2 -
Lateral view of walking bird
Locality Bahamas (ssp jamaicensis)
Mikko Pyhälä 31 January 2010 2 years ago 4 -
At an orange feeder.
Locality Rocklands Bird Sanctuary, Anchovy, Cornwall County, Jamaica (ssp jamaicensis)
Ken Havard 8 March 2012 8 weeks ago 3.5
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