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The Peru-quail dove deep moisture (Geotrygon frenata), and pink-faced Quail dove deep moisture called, is a kind of pigeon birds. Within the genus of the American Ground Dove, this is the biggest kind you only occurs in South America. It is regarded as not threatened in their existence. The Peru-quail dove deep moisture reaches a body length of up to 33 centimeters. [1] There is a large, long-tailed Ground dove deep moisture and compactly built, which corresponds in size to the dagger pigeons. Although it is more long-legged. A sexual dimorphism does not exist. The face and forehead are mauverosa. The skull is gray. run through the face of two black narrow stripes. A stripe runs from the base of the beak over the eye to the neck. Including a second from the cheek to the ear patches. The neck, back and the wing covers are dark brown. The coat is reddish purple. The feathers are dark olive brown. The breast is brownish gray. The belly and under tail coverts are strong yellow-brown. The iris is reddish brown. The beak is dark gray to black. The feet are reddish. [2]. The distribution area extends in a narrow band across the west of South America. This extends from Colombia to Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The species occurs on both sides of the central Andes. The habitat is moist, primary mountain forests at altitudes between 1,500 and 2,300 meters above sea level. Occasionally it is also already at altitudes from 900 meters before. The species is dependent on a largely intact chaparral and is sensitive even to isolated logging. [3]. The Peru-quail dove is a migratory bird. It is a total of shy and inconspicuous dove deep moisture that even with the threat is rather dense undergrowth as leak out. She lives mostly alone or in pairs. The food they investigated only on the ground. The food spectrum consists of seeds and small fruits, and probably insects and their larvae. The breeding season varies depending on the area of distribution. [4]. The courtship takes place on the ground. The male pursues the female first, ducks, when he caught up with her in which he buckles in his heels on the floor. The male then resists the Bürzelgefieder and lets out with his beak closed deep, growling sounds. In his breeding pairs was the holder Alois Münst another to watch for unusual Balzgeste pigeons. A male standing on a branch repeatedly raised one leg and pounded on the rough wood. Here, the tail was beaten up and down, the tail was spread in the downward phase. [5]. David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes and John Cox: Pigeons and Doves - A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World. Pica Press, Sussex 2001, ISBN 90-74345-26-3. . .
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