Pale Vented Pigeon

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • 23-28 April 2010, Ammo Ponds, Panama

Bird name: Pale Vented Pigeon
Latin: Patagioenas cayennensis
Other: Columba cayennensis
Family: Columbidae • Pigeons
Range: Southern Mexico to northern Argentina

These Pale-vented Pigeons were seen on telephone wires most times we visited the Ammo Ponds in the Canal Zone of central Panama.

The Panamanian subspecies is Patagioenas cayennensis palidicrissa. It has a whitish vent and underside of tail, greyish-blue band below eye around neck neck, otherwise pinkish-rufous.