Paraclaravis Explained

Paraclaravis is a genus that contains two species of doves that live in the Neotropics, with ranges in Middle America and South America. Paraclaravis doves have red eyes and pink legs, and the plumages of the males are primarily light grey-blue, and the females are primarily brown. Both sexes have a series of distinctive spots or bands on the wings. They are fairly arboreal for ground doves. Paraclaravis doves have a distinct fast and rocking flight pattern. They are found alone, in pairs or in small flocks in forests. Both species are generally local and rare, and appears to be associated with flowering bamboo.

The genus contains two species, which were formerly included with the blue ground dove in the genus Claravis:^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . 2020 . Pigeons . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 23 March 2020 .
2. Sweet . A.D. . Maddox . J.D. . Johnson . K.P. . 2017 . A complete molecular phylogeny of Claravis confirms its paraphyly within small New World ground-doves (Aves: Peristerinae) and implies multiple plumage state transitions . Journal of Avian Biology . 48 . 3 . 459–464 . 10.1111/jav.01077 . free .
3. Sangster . G. . Sweet . A.D. . Johnson . K.P. . 2018 . Paraclaravis, a new genus for the Purple-winged and Maroon-chested Ground-doves (Aves: Columbidae) . Zootaxa . 4461 . 1 . 134–140 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.10. 30314102 .
4. Chesser . R.T. . Burns . K.J. . Cicero . C. . Dunn . J.L. . Kratter . A.W . Lovette . I.J. . Rasmussen . P.C. . Remsen . J.V. Jr . Stotz . D.F. . Winker . K. . 2019 . Sixtieth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds . The Auk . 136 . 3 . 1–23 . 10.1093/auk/ukz042 . free .