Adults Description Size: 5.75” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. Face, throat, and breast are pure white. Belly is gray. Back and wings are a slaty blue-gray color. Crown of head and nape are black. Under-tail coverts are a rust color....
Adult Juvenile Description Size: 7” Plumage/Description: Adult male and female plumage similar, juvenile male and plumage similar. Adult plumage is distinctive with broad black and white stripes running down the crown of the head. In juvenile phase these stripes...
Male Description Size: 9.5” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. Rarely observed at rest, most easily observed in flight. Long pointed wings, with prominent white bars visible both on the underside and topside of their wings. Overall plumage is a...
Adult Description Size: 11.5” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. A large dove species, larger than Mourning Dove. In flight large patch of white visible on upper wing, tip of tail outlined with white feathers. When at rest the entire wing has a...
Adults Description Size: 5.5” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. In flight the one characteristic that makes identifying this species fairly easy is the pale Rufous/buffy color on the rump. Dark head, short dark tail and long dark wings which...
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