White-winged dove Zenaida asiatica

Identification Tips:

• Length: 10 inches
• Sexes similar
• Adult similar to juvenile
• Large, chunky dove
• Fairly long, black bill
• Pale blue, teardrop-shaped orbital ring to eye
• Pale gray-brown head, neck, back, belly, and upperwings, with darker brown primaries
• Long dark mark on lower face below eye
• Purplish iridescence on neck
• Bold white wing patch, visible at rest, formed by pale secondary coverts
• Long tail is slightly rounded at tip
• Dark brown tail with white corners bordered above by black line

Similar species:

The Rock Dove is superficially similar but lacks white wing patches, tail pattern, and blue orbital ring of White-winged Dove. Mourning Dove is similar in coloration but also lacks white wing patches, blue orbital ring and has a longer, more pointed tail.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.