Now, for the first time, scientists have sequenced DNA from the blue-headed quail dove with the goal of finally getting to the bottom of things. Instead, they're even more perplexed now than when they ...

“This species [Starnoenas cyanocephala] has been an ornithological enigma for a very long time,” said lead author Jessica Oswald, Florida Museum of Natural History consultant staff affiliate, in a ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

noticeably larger than the mourning dove. There is also a naturally occurring cream-colored variant, and this species is known to hybridize with the ringed turtle-dove, so plumage variation will ...

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out. On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look ...

"We focused on this dove species because we were anticipating an odd result that might help us understand the complex biogeography of the Caribbean. We did not anticipate it being so unique from ...