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

For a long time, nobody has really known how the Cuban blue-headed quail dove arrived on the island. But now, […] ...

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn’t look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, a pronounced strut in their walk typical of most other doves. You’d be forgiven for ...

The blue-headed quail dove isn't extinct yet, but may be on its way there. "There are 1,000 mature individuals of this species left in Cuba. It is threatened by overhunting by people, habitat loss ...

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 ...