Ruddy Pigeon
Patagioenas subvinacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderColumbiformes
- FamilyColumbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
- GenusPatagioenas (New World Pigeons)
- SpeciesPatagioenas subvinacea (Ruddy Pigeon)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
Pale-vented Pigeon
Patagioenas cayennensis
Picazuro Pigeon
Patagioenas picazuro
Plumbeous Pigeon
Patagioenas plumbea
Scaled Pigeon
Patagioenas speciosa
White-tipped Dove
Leptotila verreauxi
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Columbina talpacoti
Picuí Ground-Dove
Columbina picui
Scaled Dove
Columbina squammata
Grey-fronted Dove
Leptotila rufaxilla
Blue Ground-Dove
Claravis pretiosa
Eared Dove
Zenaida auriculata
Long-tailed Ground-Dove
Uropelia campestris
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Ruddy Pigeon at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there