Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)
Least Concern
Buff-fronted Quail-dove (Zentrygon costaricensis)
Taxonomy
French: Colombe du Costa Rica German: Costa-Rica-Taube Spanish: Paloma perdiz costarricense
Other common names:
Costa Rican Quail-dove
Taxonomy:
Geotrygon costaricensis
Lawrence
, 1868,Costa Rica
.Distribution:
Costa Rica and W Panama (E to Veraguas).
Descriptive notes
Male 24–28·5 cm, 310–330 g; female 25 cm, 225–283 g. Forehead buff or pinkish buff; crown, nape and occiput slate grey; hindneck greenish; upperparts... read more
Voice
Song is a single clearly overslurred note 'woOoh', with a clear emphasis in the middle.... read more
Habitat
Montane evergreen forest, preferring higher elevations and wetter conditions. Occurs at 1000–... read more
Food and feeding
Takes fruits, seeds and probably insects, gathered from the leaf litter. Forages on ground, singly or in loosely associated pairs.
Breeding
One nest in Costa Rica in late Jun. Nest was of green mosses and liverworts resting on a platform of coarse twigs, 4 m up on a shrub... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. In Costa Rica, most abundant on Caribbean slope at 1500–2000 m and on Pacific slope from 2000–2500 m. In Panama, considered rare in... read more
Similar to Z. lawrencii and Z. carrikeri and probably related. Monotypic.