Geotrygon chrysia
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The Key West quail-dove (Geotrygon chrysia) is a species of bird from the doves and pigeon family Columbidae. It is probably most closely related to the bridled quail-dove. The Key West quail-dove breeds in the Bahamas and, except for Jamaica, throughout the Greater Antilles. It was once found in the Cayman Islands. Despite its name, it does not currently breed in the Florida Keys and southern mainland Florida.
This bird is found in tropical and subtropical dry forests, shrublands, and lowland moist forests. These birds forage on the ground, mainly eating seeds, berries and fallen fruit. It is fond of poisonwood fruit. It will also take snails in its diet. The Key West quail-dove was known to commonly breed in the Florida Keys in the early 1800s, but disappeared from the area in the mid part of that century. However, it occasionally is still recorded in the Keys and southern Florida as a vagrant. It lays two buff-colored eggs on a flimsy platform built on a shrub. Some nests are built on the ground.
The Key West quail-dove is approximately 27–31 cm in length. The bird is distinguished by having a dark rust... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guadeloupe zoo | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Key West Quail-Dove sighting in Ciénaga de Zapata on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 125th most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Key West Quail-Dove in Ciénaga de Zapata on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, June–July and October, the lowest months. That is one of Ciénaga de Zapata's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against 15 mm in February. September has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Key West Quail-Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ciénaga de Zapata, in our data
Ciénaga de Zapata is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Key West Quail-Dove sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Geotrygon
The closest relatives of the Key West Quail-Dove that you can see in Ciénaga de Zapata (genus Geotrygon, Geotrygon Quail-Doves) are Gray-fronted Quail-Dove (about 10%) and Ruddy Quail-Dove (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Key West Quail-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Ciénaga de Zapata (57 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
