Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Maroon-chested Ground-dove (Claravis mondetoura) - HBW 4, p. 165
French: Colombe mondétour
German: Mondetourtäubchen
Spanish: Tortolita Pechimorada
Other common names: Purple-breasted Ground-dove, Mondetour's Dove
Taxonomy: Peristera mondetoura Bonaparte, 1856, Caracas, Venezuela.
Forms superspecies with C. godefrida. Some races described from very small samples, and supposed differences may be due to individual, not subspecific, variation; birds of N & C Peru may be more properly ascribed to nominate race, but in any case race inca appears doubtfully valid. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ochoterena van Rossem, 1934 - SE Mexico, from mountains of Veracruz to S Chiapas.
- salvini Griscom, 1930 - Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
- umbrina Griscom, 1930 - Costa Rica.
- ochoterena van Rossem, 1934 - SE Mexico, from mountains of Veracruz to S Chiapas.
- salvini Griscom, 1930 - Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
- umbrina Griscom, 1930 - Costa Rica.
- pulchra Griscom, 1930 - W Panama.
- mondetoura (Bonaparte, 1856) - N & W Venezuela, Colombia on both slopes of Andes, and E Ecuador.
- inca van Rossem, 1934 - Peru and WC Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
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A female foraging on the ground. Locality San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica (ssp umbrina)
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