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title: "Ruddy Pigeon"
description: "Patagioenas subvinacea — Birds. The ruddy pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea) is a largish pigeon which breeds from Costa Rica south to western Ecuador, Bolivia, and central Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/ruddy-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ruddy Pigeon

> Patagioenas subvinacea — Birds. The ruddy pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea) is a largish pigeon which breeds from Costa Rica south to western Ecuador, Bolivia, and central Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Patagioenas subvinacea*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 887
- Wikidata: [Q1260727](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260727)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3095](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3095)

## Names

- en: Ruddy Pigeon
- de: Purpurtaube
- es: Torcaza colorada
- fr: Pigeon vineux
- nl: Purperduif
- pt: Pomba-botafogo
- pl: Gołąbczak brązowy

## Countries with the most observations

EC (164), CO (102), BR (93), CR (83), PE (55), GF (19), PA (11), BO (10), VE (10), GY (3)

## Summary

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…

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

## Photo

![Ruddy Pigeon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ruddy-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342533898

## Machine access

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