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title: "Kortsnavelduif"
description: "Patagioenas nigrirostris — Vogels. The short-billed pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris) is a largish pigeon which breeds from southern Mexico south to northwestern Colombia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/short-billed-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Kortsnavelduif

> Patagioenas nigrirostris — Vogels. The short-billed pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris) is a largish pigeon which breeds from southern Mexico south to northwestern Colombia.

- Scientific name: *Patagioenas nigrirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 805
- Wikidata: [Q1266517](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1266517)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3079](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3079)

## Names

- en: Short-billed Pigeon
- de: Kurzschnabeltaube
- es: Paloma triste
- fr: Pigeon à bec noir
- nl: Kortsnavelduif
- pt: Pomba-de-bico-curto
- pl: Gołąbczak krótkodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

CR (330), PA (101), BZ (60), MX (31), GT (14), HN (12), NI (5)

## Summary

The short-billed pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris) is a largish pigeon which breeds from southern Mexico south to northwestern Colombia. It is a member of a clade of Patagioenas that contains the smaller and rather plain species with characteristic calls that constitute the subgenus Oenoenas.
It is found in lowland forest canopy and semi-open woodland, and builds a rudimentary platform nest out of twigs 5–30 m (16–98 ft) high in a tree or amongst vines. It lays one white egg.
The short-billed pigeon is 26.5 cm (10.4 in) long and weighs 150 g (5.3 oz). It is unpatterned and mainly wine-purple in colour, becoming browner…

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

## Photo

![Kortsnavelduif](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/short-billed-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90175059

## Machine access

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