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Pigeons and Doves

18 Bird Species

Band-tailed Pigeon

Large, heavy pigeon with a long tail. Adult is mostly gray above with a purplish gray head and breast, and a gray belly. Yellow bill with dark tip. Dark eye with red orbital ring. White collar with an iridescent greenish sheen on nape below collar. Gray back and wings with large, dark gray wingtips. more...

Length: 37 cm Wingspan: 66 cm

Common Ground-Dove

Small, stocky dove with short, stubby, rounded wings, a short tail, and red eyes. Eastern adult male: gray-brown overall with bright pinkish wash on belly, breast, head and wings. Scaly-looking breast. Scaly-looking, bluish-gray crown and nape. Bronze spots on wing coverts. Reddish bill with black ti more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Large pale sandy-gray dove with a dark half-collar on back of neck. Adult has red eye and dark bill. Sandy grayish-brown head and underparts with darker brownish-gray wings/back and dark gray primaries. Gray undertail coverts. Broad, square, brownish-gray tail. Rectangular white patch on undertail wi more...

Length: 33 cm Wingspan: 56 cm

European Turtle Dove

This slender Eurasian species is similar in size and shape to Mourning Dove. The head and underparts are pinkish-tan, fading to white on the undertail coverts, with a patch of black and white streaks on the sides of the neck. Males have a gray crown which contrasts with the nape, and a salmon-pink ca more...

Length: 26 cm Wingspan: cm

Inca Dove

This is a small dove with a long squared tail. In flight, note the white outer tail feathers and the rufous primaries. Adults are pale gray-brown overall. Dark bars near the ends of the contour feathers produce a scaly pattern. This scaly pattern is less obvious on juveniles. The face is paler gray. more...

Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

Key West Quail-Dove

Large stocky dove with bulky body and relatively small head. Adult male has white lower face with contrasting rufous malar stripe connected to rufous crown and nape. Yellowish iris. Dull reddish bill with black tip. Crown, sides and back of neck and nape washed in iridescent greenish sheen. Dark rufo more...

Length: 31 cm Wingspan: 48 cm

Mourning Dove

Small, slender dove with distinctive long tapered tail. Adult male has pale brownish-gray head with bluish orbital ring and black eye, black bill and black crescent bordering lower edge of auricular. Brownish-gray back and wings with black spots on wing coverts and tertials. Wingtips darker than wing more...

Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 46 cm

Oriental Turtle-Dove

Large, plump, distinctive dove. Red eye. Small dark bill. Adult: Brownish-gray head with pale gray crown. Brownish-gray neck with conspicuous patch of black and white barring on the sides of the neck. Grayish-brown underparts blend with gray undertail coverts. Grayish-brown back. Upperparts darker, b more...

Length: 34 cm Wingspan: 62 cm

Red-billed Pigeon

Large, dark pigeon. Often appears totally dark if seen from a distance. Adult male has orange iris with red orbital ring. Bulging forehead. Red bill with pale yellow tip. Dark maroon head, neck and lesser wing coverts. Body slate gray-blue. Pale fringe on feathers of greater wing coverts may form ind more...

Length: 37 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

Rock Pigeon

Familiar resident of urban areas and cliffs across North America. Typical adult is gray overall with iridescent green and purple plumage on neck, two black bars on wings, dark band on tail tip, red eye, and white spot at base of bill. Various uncommon color morphs range from sandy-brown to dark or ev more...

Length: 32 cm Wingspan: 71 cm

Ruddy Ground-Dove

Small, stocky dove with short stubby wings. Eastern adult male: pale whitish head with light bluish-gray crown. Red eye. Short, small, all-gray bill. Bright rufous body. Bright rufous wings with black edging to wingtips and purplish-black spots on wing coverts and scapulars. Bright rufous tail with b more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

Ruddy Quail-Dove

A small, compact, short-tailed tropical dove, accidental to Southern Florida and Texas. Adult male is ruddy brown overall with conspicuous light streak under the eye, dark reddish-brown upperparts, paler orangish-brown underparts, yellow eye, red legs, and thin, reddish-black bill. Female lacks strea more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 36 cm

Scaly-naped Pigeon

Rock Pigeon-sized slate-gray pigeon. Orange iris with yellow-orange orbital ring. Small, dark red bill with pale tip. Maroon-violet head, neck, and upper breast. Scaly-patterned feathers on sides of neck and nape. Scapulars of juveniles have reddish-brown fringes. Dark maroon legs. Similar to the Red more...

Length: 35 cm Wingspan: 63 cm

Spotted Dove

This species gets its name from its unique dark nape with little white spots. The crown and face are pale gray. The remainder of the upperparts are dark brown with pale feather edges. The primaries are blackish, and the long squared tail is blackish with white tips on the outer feathers. The underpar more...

Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 43 cm

White-crowned Pigeon

Dark, slate-gray pigeon. Adult male has dark gray head with bright white crown and white iris. Red bill with white tip. Dark gray neck with maroon iridescence above green iridescence on hind neck. Dark gray wings, body and tail. Red feet. Adult female is paler than male. Juvenile much drabber than ad more...

Length: 34 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

White-tipped Dove

Stocky, roundish dove with short square tail and rounded wings. Adult male pale gray head with slightly contrasting, paler gray cheek and whitish forecrown. Yellow eye with dark bill. Pale gray neck with greenish-purple and pink iridescence on hind-neck. Olive-gray back and slightly darker olive-brow more...

Length: 29 cm Wingspan: 46 cm

Non-vegetated Areas

1 species

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Urban Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands