Ruddy Pigeon
Purple Dove ( Patagioenas subvinacea )
The purple pigeon ( Patagioenas subvinacea ), also called Ruddy Pigeon, is a common in South and Central America pigeon. The IUCN classified the species as not at risk. It comes in their area of distribution exists in four subspecies.
Exterior Features
The purple pigeon is 28 cm long and weighs 170 grams. She is as big as a turtle dove in about. The plumage is gray tinged with red on the body top. The body bottom is chestnut brown or cinnamon. The beak is dark. The iris is röglich.
Distribution and habitat
The distribution area of the purple pigeon ranges from Costa Rica to Ecuador, Bolivia and central Brazil.
In Central America, it lives in mountain forests from an altitude above 1,500 meters and comes up to the tree line before. In the lower layers of the pink-footed dove is represented in their place, which is a closely related species of the purple dove. The two types they can best be distinguished by their calls. The cries of the purple dove are faster and less complex.
In South America it inhabits humid forests of the lowlands up to 1,500 meters above sea level. Their range extends from Costa Rica to Ecuador, Bolivia and central Brazil.
Behavior
Purple pigeons usually live in pairs and will stay in the treetops, where they look for fruits and berries. The floor looking purple pigeons to drink and to accommodate Grit. The nest of the purple pigeon usually located at a height of five meters above the ground. The purple pigeon lays only one white egg.
Subspecies
So far, six subspecies are recognized as valid taxa. It involves:
- Patagioenas subvinacea berlepschi ( Hartert, 1898)
- Patagioenas subvinacea bogotensis ( Berlepsch & Leverkühn, 1890)
- Patagioenas subvinacea peninsularis ( Chapman, 1915)
- Patagioenas subvinacea purpureotincta ( Ridgway, 1888)
- Patagioenas subvinacea subvinacea (Lawrence, 1868)
- Patagioenas subvinacea zuliae ( Cory, 1915)
The first discovered subspecies subvinacea was classified in 1868 Dota in the province of San José in Costa Rica. They are found in the subtropical zones of Costa Rica and Panama. The subspecies berlepschi is mainly on the Pacific coast from the south east of Panama prior to the southwestern Ecuador. In the north- eastern Colombia and western Venezuela is the ssp. zuliae home. On the peninsula of Paria, and in the north east of Venezuela can see the ssp. peninsularis watch. The ssp. purpureotincta comes from the south-east of Colombia over the south of Venezuela prior to Guyana. Finally, is the habitat of ssp. bogotensis from the northern end of the western Andes of Colombia in the southern part of the Brazilian Amazon to North & Ostbolvien.
The subspecies Patagioenas subvinacea ruberrima ( Meyer de Schauensee, 1950), Patagioenas subvinacea ogilviegranti ( Chubb, 1917) and Patagioenas subvinacea anolaimae are usually considered as an invalid taxon.