NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Geotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Ruddy Quail-Dove, Tremembé, São Paulo, Brazil
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Open encyclopedia reference
The ruddy quail-dove (Geotrygon montana) is a species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It breeds throughout the West Indies, Central America, and tropical South America. It has appeared as a vagrant in Florida and southern Texas. It lays two buff-colored eggs on a flimsy platform built on a shrub. Some nests are built on the ground.
Wikipedia contributors, Ruddy quail-dove; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:39:03.427335+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Geotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- Ruddy Quail-Dove
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Geotrygon
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderColumbiformes
- familyColumbidae
- subfamilyColumbinae
- genusGeotrygon Gosse, 1847
- speciesGeotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Geotrygon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystacea (Temminck, 1811) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple Quail-DoveGeotrygon purpurata (Salvin, 1878) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested Quail-DoveGeotrygon versicolor (Lafresnaye, 1846) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sapphire Quail-DoveGeotrygon saphirina Bonaparte, 1855 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon caniceps (Gundlach, 1852) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Key West Quail-DoveGeotrygon chrysia Bonaparte, 1855 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon leucometopia (Chapman, 1917) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Violaceous Quail-DoveGeotrygon violacea (Temminck, 1809) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Middle America
North America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177180 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3FTM7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.