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Red-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas flavirostris · Family Columbidae

Patagioenas flavirostris

Family Columbidae

Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
GBIF occurrence records
354,533
Countries and territories with records
11
Red-billed Pigeon
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About this species

This species has 354,533 occurrence records from 11 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Costa Rica (45.6%), Mexico (22.8%), Belize (9.6%), Guatemala (6.1%) and Nicaragua (5.3%); together they account for 89.5% of the total. In Costa Rica, this species accounts for 0.62% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Patagioenas flavirostris combines the genus name Patagioenas with the species epithet flavirostris. The Warbla app catalog lists 17 species of the genus Patagioenas; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Patagioenas fasciata, Patagioenas picazuro and Patagioenas cayennensis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 28th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 1.2 times the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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