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title: "Ruddy Quail-Dove"
description: "Geotrygon montana — Birds. The ruddy quail-dove (Geotrygon montana) is a species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/ruddy-quail-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ruddy Quail-Dove

> Geotrygon montana — Birds. The ruddy quail-dove (Geotrygon montana) is a species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae.

- Scientific name: *Geotrygon montana*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1103
- Wikidata: [Q173887](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173887)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3503](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3503)

## Names

- en: Ruddy Quail-Dove
- de: Bergtaube
- es: Paloma Canela
- fr: Colombe rouviolette
- nl: Bergkwartelduif
- pt: Pariri
- pl: Błyskotek rdzawy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (272), CR (163), MX (112), PE (47), CO (45), EC (41), DO (39), PA (39), HN (16), BZ (14), AR (12), JM (12)

## Summary

The ruddy quail-dove (Geotrygon montana) is a species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It breeds throughout the West Indies, Central America, and tropical South America. It has appeared as a vagrant in Florida and southern Texas. It lays two buff-colored eggs on a flimsy platform built on a shrub.  Some nests are built on the ground.

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

## Photo

![Ruddy Quail-Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ruddy-quail-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/370691978

## Machine access

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