Paloma Perdiz Costarricense

Zentrygon costaricensis

Paloma regordeta terrestre, bastante brillante y colorida en comparación con otras palomas codorniz. El cuerpo es grisáceo, las alas son de un púrpura-parduzco intenso y la nuca está teñida de verde iridiscente. Como muchas palomas codorniz, la cara es más blanca con una línea oscura de bigote, pero note la frente parduzca. Patas rojo rosado. Sexos iguales. Prefiere los bosques, generalmente en el suelo a menos que sea ahuyentada a los niveles inferiores de un árbol. Como la mayoría de las palomas codorniz, a menudo se ve mejor caminando tranquilamente por senderos al amanecer y al anochecer.

Identificación

The buff-fronted quail-dove is 24 to 28 cm (9.4 to 11.0 in) long. Two males weighed 310 and 330 g (11 and 12 oz) and two females 225 and 283 g (7.9 and 10.0 oz). The adult's head, neck, and breast are medium gray, the nape and upper back have a green tinge while the belly grades to brownish. The back, wings and tail are maroon. The head has a distinct pattern of light gray cheeks bordered above and below by narrow black stripes that extend just past the eye, as well as the namesake buffy forehead ("front"). The eye is brown surrounded by a slim but noticeable red ring, the legs are bright coral-red, and the bill is dull brown with a reddish cast at the base. The juvenile's crown and nape are dusky gray with a green gloss. Its upperparts are dull chestnut with indistinct dusky bars and cinnamon tips to the feathers. Its underparts have gray and cinnamon bars and freckles and the belly is buff.

Taxonomía

The buff-fronted quail-dove was originally described in genus Geotrygon, later placed in genus Oreopeleia, and still later in its present Zentrygon. Its relationships with the other members of its genus have not been fully resolved. The buff-fronted quail-dove is monotypic.

Nombre científico
Zentrygon costaricensis
Autoridad
(Lawrence, 1868)
Orden
Columbiformes
Familia
Columbidae
Género
Zentrygon

Distribución y hábitat

The buff-fronted quail-dove is a year round resident from northern Costa Rica's Cordillera de Guanacaste southeast into western Panama as far as Veraguas Province. It inhabits the Talamancan montane forest ecoregion. In elevation it ranges from 1,000 to 3,000 m (3,300 to 9,800 ft) in Costa Rica and from 1,200 to 3,000 m (3,900 to 9,800 ft) in Panama.

Migración
Especie residente

Comportamiento

Patrón migratorio: Especie residente.

Conservación

Tendencia poblacional: en declive.

Tendencia poblacional
en declive

Fotos

Distribución

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