- Columbina picui
Identification
Grey brown above, grey crown, dark blue line across the wing coverts and a white band on the closed wing, wing pale grey with white panel then black primaries. White chin, throat, belly and undertail. Grey eye ring and iris.
Juvenile: Considerably duller with rather more buff hue overall. The upperparts are generally fringed buff and the wing-coverts and breast are reddish-buff or buff at the center.
Distribution
North-east Brazil to central Argentina and westwards to the Andes and central Chile.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Savanna, gardens and agricultural areas.
Behaviour
It feeds on seeds.
