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Sapphire Quail-Dove

Geotrygon saphirina Bonaparte, CLJL 1855

The sapphire quail-dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Columbiformes
Family:
  Columbidae
Genus:
   Geotrygon
Scientific:
  Geotrygon saphirina

Original description

Citation:
  Bonaparte, CLJL 1855

Reference:
   Compt. Rend. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 40 p.101

Protonym:
  Geotrygon saphirina

Type locality:
  Río Napo, Ecuador.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26391#page/111/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  B6C1516E4419055C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-B6C1516E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B6C1516E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177189

Geographic range:

  • Geotrygon saphirina: tropical rainforest and humid foothill forest in the western Amazon River basin from southeastern Colombia southward to northern Peru, in the departments of Loreto and Amazonas, eastward to westernmost Brazil (Amazonas), and southward patchily across eastern Peru to southern Madre de Dios and northern Puno
  • Geotrygon saphirina saphirina: tropical eastern Ecuador to southeastern Peru and far western Amazonian Brazil
  • Geotrygon saphirina rothschildi: southeastern Peru (Marcapata Valley)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Sapphire Quail Dove
Afrikaans:
Saffierkwartelduif
Bulgarian:
Сапфирена пъдпъдъча гургулица
Catalan:
Colom-guatlla safir
Czech:
holub safírový
Danish:
Safirvagteldue
German:
Saphirtaube
Esperanto:
safira koturnokolombo
Spanish:
Paloma perdiz zafiro
Spanish (Spain):
Paloma Perdiz Zafiro
Estonian:
safiir-töbituvi
Finnish:
palettiviiriäiskyyhky
French:
Colombe saphir
Croatian:
safirni golub
Hungarian:
zafír földigalamb
Italian:
Tortora quaglia zaffiro
Japanese (romaji):
kurohigeuzurabato
Japanese:
クロヒゲウズラバト
Lithuanian:
Mėlynasis putpelinis karvelis
Dutch:
Saffierkwartelduif
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Praktvakteldue
Norwegian:
Praktvakteldue
Polish:
błyskotek szafirowy
Portuguese:
Juriti-safira
Portuguese (Brazil):
Juriti-safira
Portuguese (Portugal):
rola-perdiz-safira
Russian:
Сапфировая перепелиная горлица
Slovak:
holubec zafírový
Serbian:
Safirni prepeličji golub
Swedish:
safirvaktelduva
Turkish:
Safir renkli bıldırcın kumrusu
Ukrainian:
Голубок сапфіровий
Chinese:
青蓝鹑鸠
Chinese (Traditional):
寶藍鶉鳩

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Sapphire Quail Dove ( Geotrygon saphirina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Avilist 2025:
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements, version 2025:
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2024:
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eBird version 2025:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
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South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
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South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
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South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
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South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
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South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
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South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
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South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
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South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
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South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
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South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
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South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Geotrygon saphirina [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Geotrygon [saphirina or purpurata] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Afrikaans: Saffierkwartelduif
Bulgarian: Сапфирена пъдпъдъча гургулица
Catalan: Colom-guatlla safir
Czech: holub safírový
Danish: Safirvagteldue
German: Saphirtaube
English: Sapphire Quail Dove, Sapphire Quail-dove, Sapphire Quail-Dove (Sapphire)
English (Avilist): Sapphire Quail-Dove
English, HBW: Sapphire Quail-dove
English (IOC): Sapphire Quail-Dove
English (United States): Sapphire Quail-Dove
Esperanto: Safira koturnokolombo
Spanish: Paloma perdiz zafiro, Paloma-perdiz Zafirina, Paloma-perdiz Zafiro
Spanish (Colombia): Paloma-perdiz Zafirina
Spanish (Ecuador): Paloma Perdiz Zafiro
Spanish (Spain): Paloma Perdiz Zafiro
Spanish (HBW): Sapphire Quail-Dove
Spanish (Peru): Paloma-Perdiz Zafiro
Estonian: safiir-töbituvi
Finnish: palettiviiriäiskyyhky
French: Colombe saphir, Colombe saphir (saphirina), Zénaïde saphir
French (Guyane): Colombe saphir
Croatian: safirni golub
Hungarian: zafír földigalamb
Italian: Tortora quaglia zaffiro
Japanese (romaji): kurohigeuzurabato
Japanese: クロヒゲウズラバト
Kirghiz: сапфир жер көгүчкөнү
Scientific: Geotrygon saphirina, Geotrygon saphirina saphirina, Geotrygon saphirina saphirina/rothschildi, Osculatia saphirina
Lithuanian: Mėlynasis putpelinis karvelis
Dutch: Saffierkwartelduif
Norwegian Nynorsk: Praktvakteldue
Norwegian: Praktvakteldue
Polish: blyskotek szafirowy, błyskotek szafirowy
Portuguese: Juriti-safira
Portuguese (Brazil): Juriti-safira
Portuguese (Portugal): rola-perdiz-safira
Russian: Сапфировая перепелиная горлица, Сапфировый земляной голубь
Slovak: holubec zafírový
Serbian: Safirni prepeličji golub
Swedish: Safirvaktelduva
Turkish: Safir renkli bıldırcın kumrusu
Ukrainian: Голубок сапфіровий
Chinese: 青蓝鹑鸠
Chinese (Traditional): 寶藍鶉鳩

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