Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Red-billed Pigeon (Columba flavirostris) - HBW 4, p. 127
French: Pigeon à bec rouge
German: Rotschnabeltaube
Spanish: Paloma Piquirroja
Other common names: Blue Pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba flavirostris Wagler, 1831, Veracruz, Mexico.
Forms a superspecies with C. oenops and C. inornata. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- restricta van Rossem, 1930 - W Mexico, from WC Sonora to Sinaloa.
- madrensis Nelson, 1898 - Tres Marías Is (off WC Mexico).
- flavirostris Wagler, 1831 - lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas through SE Sonora, Sierra Madre in Chihuahua, and San Luis Potosí S to Nicaragua and E Costa Rica.
- minima Carriker, 1910 - lowlands of Costa Rica about Gulf of Nicoya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a branch preening, then flying away. Locality Loma Real Hotel, Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp restricta)
Josep del Hoyo 5 April 2009 2 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a branch, preening. Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp flavirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 40 sec 3.5 -
A bird moving on branches. Locality Paval, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp restricta)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2009 2 years ago 38 sec 3.5 -
A bird on the ground looking for branches. Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp flavirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 43 sec 3.3 -
A bird on a perch Locality Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp flavirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2006 4 years ago 18 sec 2.6 -
A front view of a bird high in a tree, preening. Locality Paval, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp restricta)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2009 2 years ago 46 sec 2.5
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A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Xalapa, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern)
albert 6 January 2009 3 years ago 3 -
Bird perched on a wire
Locality Tabasco State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 9 April 2011 43 weeks ago 2.8 -
In a death tree
Locality Punta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 25 December 2008 1 year ago 2.8 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp flavirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 2.8
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Two sequences of a bird singing.
Locality Limonar, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp restricta)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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