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title: "Witkapduif"
description: "Patagioenas leucocephala — Vogels. The white-crowned pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) is a fruit and seed-eating species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-crowned-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Witkapduif

> Patagioenas leucocephala — Vogels. The white-crowned pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) is a fruit and seed-eating species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae.

- Scientific name: *Patagioenas leucocephala*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3648
- Wikidata: [Q1269998](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269998)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3093](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3093)

## Names

- en: White-crowned Pigeon
- de: Weißscheiteltaube
- es: Paloma corona blanca
- fr: Pigeon à couronne blanche
- nl: Witkapduif
- pt: Pomba-de-coroa-branca
- pl: Gołąbczak karaibski

## Countries with the most observations

US (1379), MX (410), PR (313), BS (237), JM (225), HN (144), DO (112), KY (100), CU (94), CO (87), AG (79), BZ (68)

## Summary

The white-crowned pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) is a fruit and seed-eating species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It is found primarily in the Caribbean.
John James Audubon painted these pigeons, including the watercolour painting in his work, Birds of America, published in the early 19th century.

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

## Photo

![Witkapduif](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-crowned-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17720602

## Machine access

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