Listen to the Pale-vented pigeon
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About the Pale-vented pigeon
The Pale-vented pigeon is a bird in the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Pale-vented pigeon sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The pale-vented pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis) is a large pigeon (family Columbidae) found in the tropical Americas. Formerly often placed in Columba, it actually belongs to a clade of the older New World genus Patagioenas. With its relatives it represents an evolutionary radiation extending through most of the warm-temperate to tropical Americas. Grey-hued birds, even their males generally lack iridescent display plumage, although the present species has some coppery gloss on the nape.
It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to Bolivia and northern Argentina and on Tobago and Trinidad, although it is very localised on the latter island. Vagrants are occasionally seen in adjacent regions; for example, the species is noted to stray into Uruguay from Argentina and occasionally from Brazil, but it has never been noted to breed or even maintain a permanent presence in the former country.
Related birds in the genus Patagioenas
More from the family Columbidae
Rock dove
Columba livia
Common wood pigeon
Columba palumbus
Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia decaocto
European turtle dove
Streptopelia turtur
Stock dove
Columba oenas
Spotted dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Laughing dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
Mourning dove
Zenaida macroura
Kererū
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Nilgiri wood pigeon
Columba elphinstonii
Frequently asked questions
What does a Pale-vented pigeon sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Pale-vented pigeon on this page, including its song and call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Pale-vented pigeon endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Pale-vented pigeon as “least concern”.
What family does the Pale-vented pigeon belong to?
The Pale-vented pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil by Nunes D'Acosta – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song, call · Zamora-Chinchipe: between Chito and Laurel, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1263074 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Pale-vented pigeon – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francesco Veronesi from Italy – CC BY-SA 2.0