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title: "Spot-winged Pigeon"
description: "Patagioenas maculosa — Birds. The spot-winged pigeon (Patagioenas maculosa) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spot-winged-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spot-winged Pigeon

> Patagioenas maculosa — Birds. The spot-winged pigeon (Patagioenas maculosa) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

- Scientific name: *Patagioenas maculosa*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6254
- Wikidata: [Q1260643](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260643)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3105](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3105)

## Names

- en: Spot-winged Pigeon
- de: Fleckentaube
- es: Paloma manchada
- fr: Pigeon tigré
- nl: Vlekduif
- pt: Pomba-do-orvalho
- pl: Gołąbczak plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

AR (4371), BO (890), PE (416), UY (214), BR (63), CL (59), PY (8)

## Summary

The spot-winged pigeon (Patagioenas maculosa) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Spot-winged Pigeon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spot-winged-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326824963

## Machine access

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