Bare-faced Ground Dove vs Golden-spotted Ground Dove

Bare-faced Ground Dove

Metriopelia ceciliae

Small55 gShrubland

The bare-faced ground dove is 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in) long and weighs about 66 g (2.3 oz). The nominate subspecies is brown or grayish brown above, with white or buffy tips on feathers giving a spotted appearance. Its neck and breast are gray with a reddish or pinkish tinge and its belly is buffy. The outer tail feathers are black with white tips. The eye is blue or bluish white surrounded by bare yellow to orange skin that is itself surrounded by narrow black feathers. Male and female plumages are essentially alike though the female's breast is less pink. Voice: Though the bare-faced ground dove's vocalizations are not well known, it "has been recorded producing a series of five similar ascending and later abruptly descending double-sounding cooing notes" and a "Wo ow" sound "like a growling wow".

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Golden-spotted Ground Dove

Metriopelia aymara

Medium62 gGrassland

The adult golden-spotted ground dove's upperparts are pale fawn brown with a reddish pink tinge. Its throat is white, its belly buff, and the underparts between them reddish pink. The inner tail feathers are grayish brown with black tips and the outer ones purplish black. The closed wing shows a row of the eponymous iridescent golden spots, two purplish black patches, and a purplish black swath at the tips of the flight feathers. The eye is brown, and uniquely in its genus, is not surrounded by bare skin. Voice: No details of the golden-spotted ground dove's vocalizations have been published. Its wings rattle during takeoff.

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Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Bare-faced Ground Dove and Golden-spotted Ground Dove.