Zentrygon: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Zentrygon
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Zentrygon
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Zentrygon
Zentrygon is a bird genus in the pigeon and dove family (Columbidae). Its members are called quail-doves and all live in the Neotropics.
The species of this genus primarily range from southern Mexico throughout Central America. Quail-doves are ground-dwelling birds that live, nest, and feed in dense forests. They are remarkable for their purple to brown coloration with light-and-dark facial markings.
The genus was introduced in 2013 with buff-fronted quail-dove as the type species. It contains the following eight species:
- Tuxtla quail-dove or Veracruz quail-dove, Zentrygon carrikeri
- Buff-fronted quail-dove or Costa Rica quail-dove, Zentrygon costaricensis
- Purplish-backed quail-dove, Zentrygon lawrencii
- White-faced quail-dove, Zentrygon albifacies
- White-throated quail-dove, Zentrygon frenata
- Lined quail-dove, Zentrygon linearis
- Chiriqui quail-dove, Zentrygon chiriquensis
- Russet-crowned quail-dove, Zentrygon goldmani
Zentrygon in languages:
- Bokmål
- Storvaktelduer
- English
- Zentrygon Quail-Doves
- German
- Wachteltauben
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Alectroenas
- Alopecoenas
- Aplopelia
- Bountyphaps
- Caloenas
- Chalcophaps
- Claravis
- Columba
- Columbina
- Cryptophaps
- Didunculus
- Drepanoptila
- Ducula
- Dysmoropelia
- Ectopistes
- Gallicolumba
- Geopelia
- Geophaps
- Geotrygon
- Goura
- Gymnophaps
- Hemiphaga
- Henicophaps
- Leptotila
- Leptotrygon
- Leucosarcia
- Lopholaimus
- Macropygia
- Metriopelia
- Microgoura
- Natunaornis
- Nesoenas
- Ocyphaps
- Oena
- Otidiphaps
- Paraclaravis
- Patagioenas
- Petrophassa
- Pezophaps
- Phapitreron
- Phaps
- Ptilinopus
- Raphus
- Reinwardtoena
- Spilopelia
- Starnoenas
- Streptopelia
- Streptopelia decaocto × Zenaida macroura
- Treron
- Trugon
- Turacoena
- Turtur
- Uropelia
- Zenaida
- Zentrygon




