Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Ring-tailed Pigeon (Columba caribaea) - HBW 4, p. 126

French: Pigeon de la Jamaïque German: Karibentaube Spanish: Paloma Jamaicana
Other common names: Jamaican Band-tailed Pigeon, Ring-tail

Taxonomy: Columba caribæa Jacquin, 1784, Jamaica.
Forms a superspecies with the C. fasciata and C. araucana. Monotypic.

Distribution: Jamaica, especially in John Crow Mts, E part of Blue Mts and Cockpit Country. One specimen (in Paris) reportedly taken in Puerto Rico.