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ForestPlatform nestMedium · 155 g
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The male olive-backed quail-dove is 21 to 24.5 cm (8.3 to 9.6 in) long and the female 21 to 22 cm (8.3 to 8.7 in). They weigh about 155 g (5.5 oz). The adult's forehead is white transitioning to a gray crown and purple hindcrown, nape, and neck. A broad white stripe under the eye has a narrower black stripe under it. The upperparts are dark olive brown or purplish brown. The throat is white and the belly white or buffy white, with reddish buff flanks. The neck, breast, and upperparts have a greenish or purplish iridescence. Voice: The olive-backed quail-dove's song is "a low-pitched short single note 'whOuw', with a rather frog-like quality."
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When to see the Olive-backed Quail-Dove
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Olive-backed Quail-Dove
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Olive-backed Quail-Dove
The olive-backed quail-dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Easily confused with
Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobaricaIt is a large pigeon, measuring 32–35 cm (13–14 in) in length.
Stephan's Emerald DoveChalcophaps stephaniStephan's emerald dove, also known as Stephan's dove, is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae.
Mariana Fruit DovePtilinopus roseicapillaThe Mariana fruit dove, totot in the Northern Marianas Islands or Paluman totut on Guam, also known as mwee'mwe in the Carolinian language, is a small, up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long, green fruit dove native and endemic to the Northern Marianas Islands in the Pacific and Guam.
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