Blue-headed quail-dove

Blue-headed quail-dove
Blue-headed quail-dove
Near Playa Larga, Cuba
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Starnoenas
Bonaparte, 1838
Species:
S. cyanocephala
Binomial name
Starnoenas cyanocephala
Synonyms

Columba cyanocephala Linnaeus, 1758

The blue-headed quail dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), or blue-headed partridge-dove, is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. It is monotypic within the subfamily Starnoenadinae and genus Starnoenas.

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