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Gray-chested Dove
Gray-chested Dove (Leptotiila cassinii subsp. rufinucha) Sexes similar. Bosque del Ro Tigre Lodge, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. About 1 km east of the town Dos Brazos de Ro Tigre. Pacific secondary rain forest at ca. 130 m (427 ft) elevation.
Habitat
Pacific secondary rain forest at ca. 130 m (427 ft) elevation.
Location
About 1 km east of the town Dos Brazos de Ro Tigre.
Date taken
February 2015
Scientific name
Leptotila cassinii
Equipment used
Canon
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Opus Editor
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Oh now, that really is a very pretty dove, isn't it. I do love the red eye-liner LOL.

A super picture Stanly, thanks and well done for finding him - a very scarce visitor here.
 
What a lovely bird, and I am much taken with the red legs, Stanley.
 
Wonderful colour, detail and clarity in this stunning capture, Stanley !!! Thanks for sharing.
 
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Huh! I've seen other doves with grey breasts, but that brown mask? or those red feet? Do you think whoever named this species might have been color-blind? My color-blind son-in-love explained to me once that the color-blind see grey tones better than the rest of us.
 

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