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The Spot-winged pigeon (Patagioenas maculosa) is a bird found in Argentina, Peru and Uruguay. Woods, farms and towns across southern South America. It eats seeds and nuts, leaves and other plant parts and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Spot-winged pigeon lives

Woods, farms and towns across southern South America.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌰 Seeds & nuts70%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants20%
• 🍎 Fruit10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Spot-winged pigeon

Recorded by Bernard BOUSQUET (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC824615. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Spot-winged pigeon

Where does the Spot-winged pigeon live?

The Spot-winged pigeon lives in Argentina, Peru and Uruguay. Woods, farms and towns across southern South America.

What does the Spot-winged pigeon eat?

seeds and nuts (about 70%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%), fruit (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Spot-winged pigeon endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from South America

• Rufous-tailed hawk
• Chaco eagle
• Mao
• Pitt shag
• Black-and-chestnut eagle
• Great-billed seed finch

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.