Dusky Turtle Dove vs Sunda Collared Dove

Dusky Turtle Dove

Streptopelia lugens

Medium155 gForest

The dusky turtle dove is a very dark or slaty gray dove, generally 28–30 centimeters long and 120–205 grams. It has a gray face slightly paler than the body, conspicuous black patches on sides of the neck, and wing coverts and tertials with pale brown or rufous edges. Its eye is orange or orange-yellow with a purplish eye-ring. Its bill is purplish slate-gray. Its legs are red. Juvenile birds are paler and browner than adults.

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Sunda Collared Dove

Streptopelia bitorquata

Medium153 gWoodland

The Sunda collared dove is a small to medium-sized bird which has a light, rosy hue around the neck and chest area, fading into the underside of the bird which consists of a light caramel color, into a shade of cream at the base (start) of the tail. The start of the wings have a light grey tone, protruding to a steely grey hue near the end of the wing, all the way to the tip of the tail. The tail feathers under the bird are 'eggshell' white in colour. The birds tail consists of few layers from creamy colored to an ashen grey. The eye is quite rounded like that of most pigeons and doves.

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Photo: Gabriel · CC BY 4.0

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