Art Birds of America

Key-west Dove

Plate 167

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Key West Quail-Dove

Geotrygon chrysia

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Although it was named for Key West, Florida, where it probably nested in the 1800s, today this bird is only a rare visitor to Florida from islands in the Caribbean. A chunky, rotund bird, it walks quietly on the ground under very dense cover, and is often difficult to find even where it is common.

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