Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Lined Quail-dove (Geotrygon linearis) - HBW 4, p. 175

French: Colombe bridée German: Streifentaube Spanish: Paloma-perdiz Embridada
Other common names: White-faced Quail-dove

Taxonomy: Columbi-Gallina linearis Prévost, 1843, Bogotá, Colombia.
Like most of congeners, formerly placed in genus Oreopeleia. Sometimes considered conspecific with G. albifacies, and the two may form a superspecies. Birds from NE Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago have sometimes been placed in race trinitatis; those of Santa Marta Mts in race infusca. Monotypic.

Distribution: C & NE Colombia (Cauca Valley, Santa Marta, Santa Elena, C & E Andes) to W & N Venezuela (Mérida, Cerro de Avila, Cumbre de Valencia, Paria Peninsula), and Trinidad and Tobago.