Learn what every symbol on the card means.Full credits and sources at beakbrain.com/symbols
ForestMedium · 146 gID tip
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."
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
When to see the Ochre-bellied Dove
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ochre-bellied Dove
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
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.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Learn the Ochre-bellied Dove in the BeakBrain App
Photo and call practice. Coming soon to iPhone and Android.
Play today's Daily BirdEvery photo and recording on this page is credited to its author under the licence shown. Spotted a problem with this page, or have a better photo? Contribute.