Key Identification Features
- The pure wild rock dove’s most reliable identifying feature is its white lower back, and two distinct black bars on its pale grey wings are also characteristic.
- Although it is a strong flier, it also glides often, holding its wings in a very distinct V shape during glides.
- Juvenile upperparts are dull chestnut, with indistinct dusky bars and cinnamon-colored feather tips.
- Its signature feather crest, a defining feature of crowned pigeons alongside their large size, has prominent white tips.
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