Flocks of these doves, with large white wing patches ... white terminal band. Prominent black crescent framing lower edge of auricular. On perched bird, wing patch shows only as a thin white ...

Some of these threatened species are so unique and distinct from all other animals that losing them could be considered a ...

it can be mistaken for a ground-dove, and the dark bill along with black on the underwing coverts could lead the unwary to identify such a bird as a ruddy ground-dove. The scaling of the ...