Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Pale-vented Pigeon (Columba cayennensis) - HBW 4, p. 127
French: Pigeon rousset
German: Rotrückentaube
Spanish: Paloma Colorada
Other common names: Rufous/Blue/Cayenne/Purple-tinted Pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba cayennensis Bonnaterre, 1792, French Guiana.
Has no obvious close relatives; one proposal is that it may be intermediate in some respects between the C. fasciata and C. flavirostris superspecies. Formerly listed as C. rufina. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pallidicrissa Chubb, 1910 - S Mexico (Chiapas and Veracruz) S to N Colombia.
- andersoni Cory, 1915 - SE Colombia and E Ecuador E across Venezuela and Brazil N of Amazon to Pará.
- tobagensis Cory, 1915 - Trinidad and Tobago.
- pallidicrissa Chubb, 1910 - S Mexico (Chiapas and Veracruz) S to N Colombia.
- andersoni Cory, 1915 - SE Colombia and E Ecuador E across Venezuela and Brazil N of Amazon to Pará.
- tobagensis Cory, 1915 - Trinidad and Tobago.
- cayennensis Bonnaterre, 1792 - Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana.
- sylvestris Vieillot, 1818 - E Peru and Brazil S of Amazon to Paraguay, N Argentina and Uruguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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an individual on a feeder Locality Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
DAVID ASCANIO 24 February 2011 44 weeks ago 14 sec 4 -
a male singing Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela (ssp andersoni)
DAVID ASCANIO 23 April 2008 48 weeks ago 31 sec 4 -
A bird ruffling its feathers Locality Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp sylvestris)
Josep del Hoyo 10 May 2005 6 years ago 25 sec 3.9 -
Birds feeding on a bird-table (with chachalacas & other doves); one has a very distended crop Locality Grafton, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp tobagensis)
Joe Angseesing 26 October 2006 3 years ago 38 sec 3.2 -
A bird in a tree top preening, panting, defecating and then flying away. Locality Pantanos del Usumacincta, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp pallidicrissa)
Josep del Hoyo 13 April 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 3 -
A bird perched on a thin cecropia branch, scratching its head and preening Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp andersoni)
Josep del Hoyo 1 September 2007 3 years ago 27 sec 2.7
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Perched bird on feed tree.
Locality Wallerfield, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 9 April 2011 40 weeks ago 3.8 -
A single bird in coastal scrub.
Locality Tumaco, Nariño Department, Colombia (ssp occidentalis)
David Beadle 28 February 2010 7 weeks ago 3.6 -
Dorsal view of perched adult.
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp andersoni)
philgunson 12 July 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
A couple perched on grass stalks.
Locality Quepos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp pallidicrissa)
manuel retana 25 April 2011 41 weeks ago 3.4 -
Bird on a branch
Locality Puerto López, Meta Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 1 April 2010 1 year ago 3 -
A bird on a tree
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 29 January 2010 2 years ago 3
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Song Locality Pixaim River, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(ssp sylvestris)
Bradley Davis 8 September 2008 2 years ago 4
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