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Blue-headed Quail-Dove

Starnoenas cyanocephala

Classification

Class
Aves

The blue-headed quail dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), or blue-headed partridge-dove, is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae that is endemic to the island of Cuba. It is monotypic within the subfamily Starnoenadinae and genus Starnoenas. Taxonomy In 1734 the English naturalist Eleazar Albin included a picture and a description of the blue-headed quail-dove in his A Natural History of Birds.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Cuba · 1,088