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quail-dove

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An American pigeon of the genus Starnænas. S. cyanocephalus is the blue-headed quail-dove, found in the West Indies and Florida.
  • noun See partridge-dove.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of several species of bird in the genera Geotrygon and Starnoenas of the pigeon family found in the Americas.

Etymologies

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From quail +‎ dove.

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Examples

  • Several species are of conservation concern including Caribbean manatee Trichechus manatus (VU) and blue-headed quail-dove Starnoenas cyanocephala (EN).

    Desembarco del Granma National Park, Cuba 2009

  • A number of endemic avifauna inhabit this region, including the acaruna tapaculo, Pierre bush tanager, Pierre warbler, and Tacaruna quail-dove.

    Eastern Panamanian montane forests 2007

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