Length: 9.4"(24 cm), intermittent size between Common Ground Dove at the smaller end, and Zenaida Dove ; Habitat: agrcultrual areas, arid to semi-arid scrublandarid; Statue: local and expanding range, seen mostly in the dryer eastern parishes - St. Philip and St. John, expanding range to St. Lucy. Comment: A resent natural coloniser from South America first seen in the 1950s.
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| Adult: head has a grey crown, black line behind the eye,bronzish iridescence patch on neck |
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| Upperparts olive- brown, black bill with black spots on |
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| underparts brownish red, reddish-pink legs |
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| female is duller than the male |
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| Immature birds are greyish-brown, very dull, streaks on the breasts and sides of the neck |
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