White-throated Quail-Dove

About the White-throated Quail-Dove

The white-throated quail-dove (Zentrygon frenata) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The white-throated quail-dove's taxonomic history is complicated. It was originally described in genus Geotrygon, later erroneously given the binomial Oreopeleia bourcieri, and still later attained its present binomial. The four subspecies below are currently recognized. Z. f. boucieri was at one time treated as separate species by some authors. Additional subspecies have been proposed but are now generally accepted as color morphs or individual variations of one of the four accepted subspecies.

The white-throated quail-dove has these four subspecies: Z. f. frenata (Tschudi, 1843) Z. f. bourcieri (Bonaparte, 1855) Z. f. subgrisea (Chapman, 1922) Z. f. margaritae (Blake, Hoy, G, & Contino, F, 1961) The white-throated quail-dove is 30 to 34 cm (12 to 13 in) long and weighs about 311 g (11 oz), making it among the largest quail-doves. The adult nominate subspecies Z. f. frenata male's forehead and the lower part of the face are buff and the crown blue-gray. The mantle is deep purple... Wikipedia →