Geotrygon carrikeri

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 86 meters (0 to 282 feet).[1]

Ecology: It is partially terrestrial in the understorey of humid evergreen forest at elevations of 350 m-1,500 m 4. The only recorded nest was found in secondary forest in mid-October and contained one egg1.

[2].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Geotrygon carrikeri (Wetmore, 1941) • Geotrygon carrikeri Wetmore, 1941

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 26-May-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Geotrygon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. albifacies (White-Faced Quail Dove) · G. albifacies albifacies (White-Faced Quail Dove) · G. caniceps (Grey-Fronted Quail-Dove) · G. carrikeri (Vera Cruz Quail Dove) · G. chiriquensis (Rufous-Reasted Quail-Dove) · G. chrysia (Key West Quail Dove) · G. costaricensis (Buff-Fronted Quail Dove) · G. frenata (White-Throated Quail Dove) · G. frenata frenata (White-Throated Quail Dove) · G. goldmani (Russet-Crowned Quail Dove) · G. goldmani goldmani (Russet-Crowned Quail Dove) · G. lawrencii (Purplish-Backed Quail Dove) · G. leucometopia (White-Fronted Quail-Dove) · G. linearis (White-Faced Quail Dove) · G. montana (Ruddy Quail Dove) · G. montana montana (Ruddy Quail-Dove) · G. mystacea (Bridled Quail Dove) · G. saphirina (Sapphire Quail Dove) · G. saphirina saphirina (Sapphire Quail Dove) · G. veraguensis (Olive-Backed Quail Dove) · G. versicolor (Crested Quail-Dove) · G. violacea (Violaceous Quail Dove) · G. violacea violacea (Violaceous Quail-Dove)

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Further Reading

• Andrle, R. F. 1967. Birds of the Sierra de Tuxtla in Veracruz, Mexico. Wilson Bulletin 79: 163-187.
• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
• Dirzo, R.; García, M. C. 1992. Rates of deforestation in Los Tuxtlas, a Neotropical area in southeast Mexico. Conservation Biology 6(1): 84-90.
• Howell, S. N. G. 1998. Vocalisations and taxonomic status of the Purplish-backed Quail-dove Geotrygon lawrenceii. Cotinga 10: 20-22.
• Howell, S. N. G.; Webb, S. 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Peterson, A. T. 1993. Species status of Geotrygon carrikeri. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 113: 166-168.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Geotrygon carrikeri. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2008. Geotrygon carrikeri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9447
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-560248
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13809138
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 560248
• IUCN ID: 211143
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5410

Footnotes

1. Mean = -438.400 meters (-1,438.320 feet), Standard Deviation = 718.060 based on 5 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. BirdLife International 2008. Geotrygon carrikeri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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