About the Tolima Dove
The Tolima dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Colombia.
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The Tolima dove is 22.5 to 25 cm (8.9 to 9.8 in) long. It has a blue-gray to dark gray crown and a reddish hindneck with a violet gloss. Its upper mantle is reddish gray overlain with iridescent violet and the rest of the upperparts are dark gray with purple iridescence. The wings are browner and the tail is slaty with white tips on the outer feathers. The throat is white and the breast reddish pink with a sharp division between it and the buff lower breast and belly. Voice: The Tolima dove's song is "a single slightly over-slurred note "wooOOOooo", with a clear emphasis in the middle."
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Where the Tolima Dove lives
When to see the Tolima Dove
Peak activity in May · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Yungas DoveLeptotila megaluraThe Yungas dove is 29 to 32 cm (11 to 13 in) long.
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.
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