Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Crested Quail-dove (Geotrygon versicolor) - HBW 4, p. 174

French: Colombe versicolore German: Kurzschopftaube Spanish: Paloma-perdiz Jamaicana
Other common names: Jamaican Quail-dove, Blue Dove

Taxonomy: Columbigallina versicolor Lafresnaye, 1846, Jamaica.
Formerly listed as only member of Geotrygon, as most of congeners were placed in genus Oreopeleia; unique within current genus in possessing a conspicuous occipital crest. Forms a superspecies with G. caniceps with which it shares the chestnut underwing and lack of black facial markings. Monotypic.

Distribution: Jamaica.