About the Ochre-bellied Dove
The ochre-bellied dove or buff-bellied dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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The ochre-bellied dove is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 146 g (5.1 oz). It has a whitish pink forehead, a rusty purple crown, and an iridescent purple hindneck. The rest of the upperparts are dark olive-brown with bronzy green or purple iridescence on the mantle. Its inner tail feathers are dark brown and the outer ones black with white tips. Its throat is white, its breast reddish, and its lower breast, flanks, and belly are buff. It has a yellow eye. Voice: The ochre-bellied dove's song is "a quite distinctive single slightly downslurred note 'wOOOooo', with a clear emphasis in the beginning, then gradually fading out."
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in January · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Grenada DoveLeptotila wellsiThe Grenada dove is characterised by a white throat; face and forehead pale pink shading to dull brown on crown and nape; upperparts olive brown; underwing chestnut; neck and upper breast pink-buff fading to white on lower breast, belly and undertail coverts.
Tolima DoveLeptotila conoveriThe Tolima dove is 22.5 to 25 cm (8.9 to 9.8 in) long.
Yungas DoveLeptotila megaluraThe Yungas dove is 29 to 32 cm (11 to 13 in) long.
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