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Blue ground doves are small pigeons, 20 cm long with a weight of 65–72 g. Adult males have blue-grey upperparts and paler grey underparts, becoming grey-white on the face. The flight feathers and outer tail feathers are blackish, and the wings are boldly spotted black (these spots often forming distinct bands).
The peaceful dove has a pink-grey breast with chequered grey-brown wings. Thin striations of black appear around the neck and nape area and descend down the back. The eye is greyish-white and a blue-grey ring surrounds the eye that tapers off and joins the beak/cere. The juveniles are paler and less striated. They also have a duller eye ring.
The blue-eyed ground dove is 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long. The male's head, neck, wing coverts, uppertail coverts, and breast are purplish red. Its lower breast, belly, flanks, shoulders, and back are browner. Its vent and undertail coverts are white. The closed wing shows dark brown and chestnut with iridescent blue spots.
Spotted dove, Spilopelia chinensis (I) Laughing dove, Spilopelia senegalensis (A) Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto; Zebra dove, Geopelia striata (I) Dodo, Raphus cucullatus (X) Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria (X) Mauritius blue-pigeon, Alectroenas nitidissimus (X) Rodrigues blue-pigeon, Alectroenas payandeei (X)
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White-tipped dove: Leptotila verreauxi: Gray-fronted dove: Leptotila rufaxilla: Trinidad only Lined quail-dove: Zentrygon linearis: Trinidad only Eared dove: Zenaida auriculata: Blue ground dove: Claravis pretiosa: Trinidad only Common ground dove: Columbina passerina: Trinidad only Plain-breasted ground dove: Columbina minuta: Trinidad only ...
Blue crane. Family: Gruidae. Cranes are large, long-legged, and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". Gray crowned-crane, Balearica regulorum; Blue crane, Anthropoides paradisea; Wattled crane ...
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