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Puerto Rican Quail-Dove
Paloma Perdiz Extinta de Puerto Rico
Geotrygon larva
Puerto Rican Quail-Dove is part of Puerto Rico’s documented avifauna. This profile connects its island occurrence with taxonomy, habitat, life history, and conservation evidence.
Island profile
About the Puerto Rican Quail-Dove
This atlas includes Puerto Rican Quail-Dove (Geotrygon larva) with atlas status “Extinct” within scope “Prehistoric / subfossil supplement.” Puerto Rico context sources associate it with Inferred forest floor and dense understory.
Conservation
Not assessed or unresolved
Global and Puerto Rico-specific conservation references are kept separate in this compilation.
- Global IUCN
- NE
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- Inferred forest floor and dense understory
- Elevation
- Not resolved
- Nest
- Not resolved
- Clutch
- Not resolved
- Social behavior
- Not resolved
Keep exploring
This bird belongs to 8 paths through the atlas.
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Identification, sound, place, and explanatory guides connecting this species to larger questions.
Evidence trail
Sources, media & further reading
Research note: Early-Holocene subfossil species; original combination Oreopeleia larva.







