Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Dusky Pigeon (Columba goodsoni) - HBW 4, p. 129
French: Pigeon de Goodson
German: Goodsontaube
Spanish: Paloma Oscura
Other common names: Goodson's Pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba goodsoni Hartert, 1902, Pambilar, Ecuador.
Forms a species group with C. plumbea, C. subvinacea and C. nigrirostris; all four small species have very similar songs distinct from other New World Columba; sometimes placed in a subgenus Oenoenas. Monotypic.
Distribution: Lowlands of W Colombia (from middle Atrato and Serranía de Baudó) to NW Ecuador (S to Pichincha).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair on top of a tree, heteropreening and flying away Locality Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 February 2005 8 years ago 27 sec 2.8 -
A pair preening, perched on top of a tree Locality Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 February 2005 8 years ago 33 sec 2.1
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Bird sat on branch above track
Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Steve Blain 19 August 2004 3 years ago 3.5
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Song from one bird. Locality Mangaloma Reserve, San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 22 December 2006 3 years ago 2
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