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Pale-vented Pigeon vs Picazuro Pigeon

Pale-vented Pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis)

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Medium229 gForest

The pale-vented pigeon is 30–32 cm long and weighs normally 230–250 g. Adult males have a mainly dull purple head, breast and upperpart plumage, with copper glossing on the nape and a whitish throat. The lower back and tail are dark grey and the lower underparts are pale grey. The bill is black and the legs, iris and eyering are red. The female is similar, but duller than the male, and immatures are greyish-brown, very dull, and mainly greyish brown. The southern subspecies P. c. andersoni has white lower underparts, rather than the pale grey of nominate P. c. cayennensis.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Isis I. Castro Alberto · CC BY 4.0
Picazuro Pigeon (Patagioenas picazuro)

Picazuro Pigeon

Patagioenas picazuro

Medium279 gForest

It is a large pigeon with a wingspan of up to 22 inches and can weigh as much as a pound. It is a brown bird with white dashes on the back of its neck and darker brown wing patterns. It is similar in appearance to the spotted dove.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Gabriele Magurno · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Patagioenas_picazuro_-Buenos_Aires,_Argentina-8.jpg: dfaulder derivative work: Snowmanradio (talk) · CC BY 2.0

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