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Blue Ground Dove vs Pink-necked Green Pigeon

Blue Ground Dove (Claravis pretiosa)

Blue Ground Dove

Claravis pretiosa

Medium68 gForest

Blue ground doves are small pigeons, 20 cm long with a weight of 65–72 g. Adult males have blue-grey upperparts and paler grey underparts, becoming grey-white on the face. The flight feathers and outer tail feathers are blackish, and the wings are boldly spotted black (these spots often forming distinct bands). The iris is red or yellow, the bare eyering is green, and the legs are flesh-pink. The female has a grey-brown head neck and breast, becoming pale blue-grey on the underwings and belly. The back is ruddy brown, contrasting with the chestnut rump and tail.

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Sonogram of the Blue Ground Dove
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: below La Cruz, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Facundo Chieffo · CC BY 4.0
Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans)

Pink-necked Green Pigeon

Treron vernans

Medium132 gForest

The pink-necked green pigeon is a medium-sized pigeon, measuring 25 to 30 cm (9.8–11.8 in) in length and weighing around 105–160 g (3.7–5.6 oz). The species has sexually dimorphic plumage. The male has a grey head, pinkish neck and upper breast, and the rest of the breast is orange. The back is olive green and the wings are green with black primaries and yellow edging on the tertiaries which create a yellow bar across the wing in flight. The belly is yellowish with grey flanks, and the tail is grey with a black band at the end, and a chestnut uppertail coverts.

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Photo: Flickr user NatureAtYourBackyard . Photo uploaded to commons by user ltshears · CC BY 2.0

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