Blue-headed Quail-Dove

Blue-headed Quail-Dove
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Starnoenas
Bonaparte, 1838
Species: S. cyanocephala
Binomial name
Starnoenas cyanocephala
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Starnoenas.[1] It is endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitats are swamps and moist forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Thomas M. Brooks, John D. Pilgrim, Ana S. L. Rodrigues & Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca (2005). "Conservation status and geographic distribution of avian evolutionary history". In Andy Purvis, John L. Gittleman & Thomas Brooks. Phylogeny and Conservation. Conservation Biology. 8. Cambridge University Press. pp. 267–294. ISBN 9780521825023. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3W_TN0790vEC&pg=PA291. 

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