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The dusky pigeon is about 24 cm (9.4 in) long. Its head, throat, and breast are gray or purplish gray. Its nape is gray glossed with purple. Its shoulders, back, and rump are olive brown or dark purplish brown. The wings and tail are bronzy gray, sometimes glossed with purple. Its eye can be any of several shades of red. Voice: The dusky pigeon's song is "a repeated phrase of three rather high-pitched coos whoah..pup..pup. Its call is "a purring, drawn out rrrrow.
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When to see the Dusky Pigeon
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Dusky Pigeon
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Panama.
About the Dusky Pigeon
The dusky pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
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Easily confused with
Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornataThe plain pigeon is a large-bodied bird 38–41 cm (15–16 in) long that superficially resembles a large feral pigeon or a very plainly-plumaged band-tailed pigeon.
Ring-tailed PigeonPatagioenas caribaeaThe male ring-tailed pigeon is 38 to 48.5 cm (15.0 to 19.1 in) long and the female 38 to 43 cm (15 to 17 in).
Maranon PigeonPatagioenas oenopsThe male Maranon pigeon is 34 cm (13 in) long and females 31 to 34 cm (12 to 13 in).
Side by side: Bare-eyed Pigeon vs Dusky Pigeon · Chilean Pigeon vs Dusky Pigeon · Dusky Pigeon vs Plain Pigeon · Dusky Pigeon vs Ring-tailed Pigeon
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