Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Plumbeous Pigeon (Columba plumbea) - HBW 4, p. 128
French: Pigeon plombé
German: Weintaube
Spanish: Paloma Plomiza
Taxonomy: Columba plumbea Vieillot, 1818, Brazil.
Forms a species group with C. subvinacea, C. nigrirostris and C. goodsoni; all four small species have very similar songs distinct from other New World Columba; sometimes placed in a subgenus Oenoenas. Some taxonomic confusion with C. subvinacea in past. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- delicata Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902 - E Colombia through W & S Venezuela and the Guianas to N Brazil, and S through E Ecuador and E Peru to N & E Bolivia.
- chapmani (Ridgway, 1916) - NW Ecuador.
- pallescens Snethlage, 1908 - S tributaries of Amazon from R Purús to Pará.
- delicata Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902 - E Colombia through W & S Venezuela and the Guianas to N Brazil, and S through E Ecuador and E Peru to N & E Bolivia.
- chapmani (Ridgway, 1916) - NW Ecuador.
- pallescens Snethlage, 1908 - S tributaries of Amazon from R Purús to Pará.
- baeri Hellmayr, 1908 - Goiás and NW Minas Gerais, C Brazil.
- plumbea Vieillot, 1818 - NE & E Paraguay and SE Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird roosting in a tree Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp chapmani)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 4.2 -
A bird roosting in a tree and flying away Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp chapmani)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2005 6 years ago 42 sec 3.3 -
a close view of an individual showing the pale iris Locality Mina Brisas del Cuyuní, Las Claritas, Bolívar State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 15 June 2011 40 weeks ago 19 sec 3.3 -
Two birds roosting in a tree Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp chapmani)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2005 6 years ago 24 sec 3
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A bird taking off from a high branch.
Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp delicata)
philgunson 22 October 2008 3 years ago 3
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song. Locality Serra Bonita Private Reserve, Camacan, Bahia State, Brazil
(ssp baeri)
Ciro Albano 20 November 2008 2 years ago 4
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