Pigeons and Doves

Plump, small-headed birds that coo and feed their chicks crop milk.

3 entries

Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciataNorth America's largest pigeon, a fast-flying forest bird and the closest living relative of the extinct passenger pigeon.Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosaA small tropical dove whose males are powder blue; it calls with a loud 'boop.'Ruddy Quail-doveGeotrygon montanaA shy, cinnamon-colored tropical forest dove that walks quietly on the ground looking for fruit and seeds.