Blue-headed quail-dove

Blue-headed quail-dove
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 family Columbidae. It is monotypic within the genus Starnoenas.[2] It is endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitats are swamps and moist forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Starnoenas cyanocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 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 978-0-521-82502-3.

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