Maroon-chested ground dove

The maroon-chested ground dove ( Paraclaravis mondetoura) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

Maroon-chested ground dove
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Paraclaravis
Species:
P. mondetoura
Binomial name
Paraclaravis mondetoura
(Bonaparte, 1856)
Synonyms

Claravis mondetoura

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Paraclaravis mondetoura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

  • Sangster, G.; Sweet, A.D.; Johnson, K.P. (2018). "Paraclaravis, a new genus for the Purple-winged and Maroon-chested ground-doves (Aves: Columbidae)". Zootaxa. 4461 (1): 134–137. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.10.
  • Sweet, A.D.; Maddox, J.D.; Johnson, K.P. (2017). "A complete molecular phylogeny of Claravis confirms its paraphyly within small New World ground-doves (Aves: Peristerinae) and implies multiple plumage state transitions". Journal of Avian Biology. 48 (3): 459–464. doi:10.1111/jav.01077.


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