NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Ruddy Pigeon
Patagioenas subvinacea (Lawrence, 1868)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The ruddy pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea) is a largish pigeon which breeds from Costa Rica south to western Ecuador, Bolivia, and central Brazil. It belongs to a clade of small and rather plain species of Patagioenas with characteristic calls that constitute the subgenus Oenoenas. Like the other New World pigeons, it was formerly united with their Old World relatives in Columba, but today the New World genus Patagioenas is recognized as distinct again. The ruddy pigeon is 28 cm (11 in) long and weighs 170 g. It is unpatterned and mainly wine-purple in colour, becoming more rufous on the back. The tail and primary flight feathers are dark brown, the bill is black, and the legs are purple-red. The iris is typically red, but can, at least in the Amazon basin, sometimes be dull yellow (however, due to the red eye-ring, the iris never appears as conspicuously white as in adults of the sympatric subspecies of the plumbeous pigeon, P. plumbea).
Wikipedia contributors, Ruddy pigeon; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:55:17.845889+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Patagioenas subvinacea (Lawrence, 1868)
- Name authority
- (Lawrence, 1868)
- Common name
- Ruddy Pigeon
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Patagioenas
- 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
- genusPatagioenas Reichenbach, 1853
- speciesPatagioenas subvinacea (Lawrence, 1868)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Patagioenas. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensis (Jacquin, 1784) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornata (Vigors, 1827) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-billed PigeonPatagioenas nigrirostris (P. L. Sclater, 1860) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa (Bonnaterre, 1792) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris (Wagler, 1831) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Maranon PigeonPatagioenas oenops (Salvin, 1895) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean PigeonPatagioenas araucana (R. Lesson & Garnot, 1827) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ring-tailed PigeonPatagioenas caribaea (Jacquin, 1784) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis (Bonnaterre, 1792) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata (Say, 1822) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Columba subvinacea (Lawrence, 1868) (Lawrence, 1868) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
South 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=676911 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:764GW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.