Birds of Ecuador - Geotrygon


Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana montana) Male Laguna Tabacal, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana montana) Female Santa Catarina, Brazil On female note bright red eye-ring, bill and feet, and buff head/breast.
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

Widespread but can be difficult to see. Small, like a large dove.
Additional photo.


Purple Quail-Dove (Geotrygon purpurata) Endangered Farallones National Park, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Male and female similar (male has brighter colors). Once called Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove.


Sapphire Quail-Dove (Geotrygon saphirina saphirina) Male Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Ottavio Janni © All Rights Reserved.


Violaceous Quail-Dove (Geotrygon violacea albiventer) Panama Note white breast/belly.
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