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This is the member of the genus geotrygon most likely to be seen
in central Panama, which is tantamount to finding a random fart in the wind.
In July of 2005 I was fortunate to accompany Danilo Rodríguez, Michael Harvey, and Mike Manetz
when we found a calling bird on Cerro Gaital; in a remarkable demonstration of directional hearing Danilo somehow managed to find the perching bird and put it in
our scope. Danilo informed us that, in his 13-plus years of birding the area, this was perhaps the 7th time he had actually seen Purplish-backed Quail-Dove. I have heard
this species since but not seen it, and I understand that it is seen by other birders with only slightly more regularity.
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