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Search and identify feathers by species — with feather type, plumage, colours, size, habitat, and how to tell them apart in the field.

Pink Pigeon

Pink Pigeon

A pale pink-headed pigeon found only on Mauritius, its soft blush-colored head and underparts contrasting with warm rufous-brown wings and a long graduated tail.

dove pigeon
Nicobar Pigeon

Nicobar Pigeon

The Nicobar Pigeon is a striking island pigeon with long, shimmering hackle-like neck feathers in shifting metallic greens and coppers, set off by a pure white tail.

dove pigeon
Metallic Pigeon

Metallic Pigeon

The Metallic Pigeon is a dark island pigeon named for the glossy green-and-purple iridescent sheen across its neck feathers, often paired with a contrasting white throat.

dove pigeon
Crested Pigeon

Crested Pigeon

A common Australian pigeon topped with a slender, upright black crest and marked by bold iridescent green-and-purple patches across the folded wing.

dove pigeon
Stock Dove

Stock Dove

A plainer, smaller relative of the Wood Pigeon lacking white markings, identified instead by two short black wing bars and an iridescent green neck patch.

dove pigeon
Zebra Dove

Zebra Dove

A small Southeast Asian dove covered in bold black-and-white barring across the neck, breast, and flanks, giving it a distinctly zebra-striped look.

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Tambourine Dove

Tambourine Dove

The Tambourine Dove is a small forest dove with a strikingly white face and underparts set against brown upperparts marked with dark wing spots.

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Orange Dove

Orange Dove

A Fijian fruit dove in which males glow a vivid, almost flame-like orange from head to tail, while females remain camouflaged in typical fruit-dove green.

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Galapagos Dove

Galapagos Dove

An island endemic found only in the Galapagos, warm reddish-brown overall with an iridescent patch on the neck and a strikingly pale blue ring of bare skin around the eye.

dove pigeon
Eared Dove

Eared Dove

One of South America's most abundant doves, recognized by a small dark crescent below the eye and neat black spots scattered across its warm pinkish-brown wings.

dove pigeon
Scaled Dove

Scaled Dove

A small South American dove whose breast and neck feathers carry dark, crescent-shaped edges that overlap like fish scales.

dove pigeon
Spotted Dove

Spotted Dove

A common Asian dove instantly recognized by the broad black collar on its hindneck, which is finely spotted with white like a string of pearls.

dove pigeon
Namaqua Dove

Namaqua Dove

The Namaqua Dove is a small, long-tailed dove of arid Africa, with males showing a bold black face and throat patch and a slender, pointed tail.

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Peaceful Dove

Peaceful Dove

A small, gentle Australian dove with fine dark barring across the neck and breast and a soft, pale blue ring around the eye.

dove pigeon
Mourning Dove

Mourning Dove

A common, slender dove whose long, pointed, white-edged tail feathers and soft muted tan-brown coloring make it a familiar sight and sound across open country.

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Laughing Dove

Laughing Dove

A small, warm pinkish-cinnamon dove named for its bubbling, laugh-like coo, with a distinctive speckled black patch across the upper breast.

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Diamond Dove

Diamond Dove

One of the smallest doves in the world, a soft gray-brown Australian desert species with tiny white-spotted wings and a bright red ring around the eye.

dove pigeon
Inca Dove

Inca Dove

A small, pale dove with an overall scaly appearance created by dark-edged feathers, common around towns and arid scrub of the southwestern United States and Mexico.

dove pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon

Red-billed Pigeon

A large, dark pigeon of Texas and Central American woodlands, named for its bicolored bill and identified by its rich maroon-purple head and breast.

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Scaly-naped Pigeon

Scaly-naped Pigeon

A dark Caribbean forest pigeon whose neck and nape feathers show a striking scaled, iridescent bronze-purple pattern.

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Wompoo Fruit Dove

Wompoo Fruit Dove

The Wompoo Fruit Dove is one of the largest and most colorful fruit doves, showing bold blocks of grey, purple, green, and yellow across its plumage.

dove pigeon
Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

The Victoria Crowned Pigeon is one of the largest pigeons alive, topped with an elaborate lace-like fan of blue feathers tipped in white.

dove pigeon
Pied Imperial Pigeon

Pied Imperial Pigeon

The Pied Imperial Pigeon is a striking black-and-white pigeon of coastal forests and islands, easily recognized by its creamy white body and bold black flight feathers.

dove pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon

Pale-vented Pigeon

A tropical pigeon of Central and South American lowlands, showing a warm purplish-bronze head and breast that gives way to a notably pale lower belly and vent.

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