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title: "Pale-vented Pigeon"
description: "Patagioenas cayennensis — Birds. The pale-vented pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis) is a large pigeon (family Columbidae) found in the tropical Americas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pale-vented-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pale-vented Pigeon

> Patagioenas cayennensis — Birds. The pale-vented pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis) is a large pigeon (family Columbidae) found in the tropical Americas.

- Scientific name: *Patagioenas cayennensis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 6255
- Wikidata: [Q1263074](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263074)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3085](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3085)

## Names

- en: Pale-vented Pigeon
- de: Rotrückentaube
- es: Paloma Colorada
- fr: Pigeon rousset
- nl: Rosse duif
- pt: Pomba-galega
- pl: Gołąbczak różowawy

## Countries with the most observations

PA (1149), CR (1003), BR (987), CO (839), EC (366), MX (226), PE (209), BZ (149), GF (130), BO (129), HN (126), TT (118)

## Summary

The pale-vented pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis) is a large pigeon (family Columbidae) found in the tropical Americas. Formerly often placed in Columba, it actually belongs to a clade of the older New World genus Patagioenas. With its relatives it represents an evolutionary radiation extending through most of the warm-temperate to tropical Americas. Grey-hued birds, even their males generally lack iridescent display plumage, although the present species has some coppery gloss on the nape.
It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to Bolivia and northern Argentina and on Tobago and Trinidad, although it is…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale-vented_pigeon

## Photo

![Pale-vented Pigeon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pale-vented-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196278039

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pale-vented-pigeon?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).