The plumbeous pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy and systematics
The plumbeous pigeon is most closely related to the ruddy pigeon (P. subvinacea), short-billed pigeon (P. nigrirostris), and dusky pigeon (P. goodsoni), and they have sometimes been placed in subgenus Oenoenas. These six subspecies are recognized:
P. p. bogotensis Berlepsch & Leverkühn (1890)
P. p. chapmani Ridgway (1916)
P. p. pallescens Snethlage (1908)
P. p. wallacei C. Chubb (1918)
P. p. baeri Hellmayr (1908)
P. p. plumbea Vieillot (1818)
Vocal differences among and even within the subspecies hint that more than one species may be involved.
