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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground at a feeder in the forest at dusk. Locality Reinita de Cielo Azul Reserve, San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 29 October 2012 19 weeks ago 28 sec 4 -
A bird standing on the forest floor at dawn, then walking away. Locality Reinita de Cielo Azul Reserve, San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 29 October 2012 19 weeks ago 15 sec 3.5
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Lateral view of bird walking on ground
Locality El Ávila National Park, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 21 June 2009 3 years ago 4 -
This bird was captured in a coffee cultivation
Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Carlos Ruiz.- Guerra 12 November 2009 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
Coming to the corn feeder.
Locality Reinita de Cielo Azul Reserve, San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Manakin Nature Tours 42 weeks ago 3.8 -
On the forest ground
Locality Guayabetal, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 45 weeks ago 3.4
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Song Locality Yacambú National Park, Lara State, Venezuela
Nacho Areta 23 March 2005 3 years ago 3
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