Black-winged Ground Dove vs Golden-spotted Ground Dove

Black-winged Ground Dove

Metriopelia melanoptera

Medium100 gShrubland

The black-winged ground dove is 21 to 23 cm (8.3 to 9.1 in) long. Males weigh 89.1 to 114 g (3.14 to 4.02 oz) and females 86 to 96.1 g (3.03 to 3.39 oz). The nominate adult male is grayish brown or earth brown above with a faint pink tinge. The throat is whitish and the underparts fawn pink with gray flanks. The closed wing shows a white edge and some pale gray. The eye color is highly variable as is the bare skin that surrounds it. The adult female's upperparts are a duller brown than the male's and the underparts less pink. Voice: The black-winged ground dove's song is a "series of relatively high-pitched, double notes 'rrree-up...rrree-up...rrreee-up...'." It also gives a short "piu" call.

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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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Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0

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