A portly dove with a small head, short, rounded tail, and short legs.
Relative Size
Larger than a Mourning Dove, smaller than a Rock Pigeon.
robin-sizedA portly dove with a small head, short, rounded tail, and short legs.
Larger than a Mourning Dove, smaller than a Rock Pigeon.
robin-sizedOrnithologists recognize between 12 and 14 subspecies that stretch from Texas south to Uruguay, but plumage differences among them are very subtle.
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