Columbina cyanopis (Pelzeln, 1870)

Vitorino, Breno Dias, Vilas Boas da Frota, Angélica, Ikeda Castrillon, Solange Kimie & Nunes, Josué Ribeiro da Silva, 2018, Birds of Estação Ecológica da Serra das Araras, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil: additions and review, Check List 14 (5), pp. 893-922 : 909

Columbina cyanopis (Pelzeln, 1870)

Listed by Silva and Oniki (1988) and Valadão (2012). An extremely rare species. Occurrence records of C. cyanopis at EESA are based on 3 non-documented contacts. The first 2, presented by Silva and Oniki (1988), took place on 19 and 24 January 1986. The bird was identified by the distinct chestnut head and the blue mark- ings on the wings. The third record ( Valadão 2012) took place in campo rupestre, in March 2007. However, the species is mentioned in this context due to the absence of documented evidence for these 3 records and the many unsuccessful campaigns recently carried out in the region to document the species (Save Brazil 2010, Save Brazil 2011, Valadão 2012 and this article).