Red-billed Pigeon Identification

A large pigeon with a mauve head and neck, grayish upperparts, and grayish wings with broad pinkish-purplish markings. The bill is two-toned—mostly pale yellow with a red base.

Pinkish throat and breast fade to light gray belly. Legs and feet are dark red.

A large, tree-dwelling pigeon found in tropical deciduous forest. Head and neck are pinkish, upperparts are mostly grayish, and tail is slate gray. Bill is mostly pale yellow, with a red base.

Upperparts are dark gray to bluish gray. Tail is a uniform slate gray.

Typically forages high in trees or shrubs, feeding mainly on berries, small fruits, acorns, and tree buds.

An arboreal species that comes to the ground largely to drink. Like other pigeons, this species is able to drink by sucking water, without raising its head.

At northern edge of range in southern Texas, found almost exclusively along the Rio Grande.

Found in tropical deciduous forest, including gallery forest, forest patches and edges, and semiopen areas with scattered trees.

A tree-dwelling species; often perches in the crowns of trees and shrubs.