About Leptotila pallida von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884
The pallid dove (Leptotila pallida von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884) measures 23 to 26 cm (9.1 to 10.2 in) in length. The male has a white forehead, face, and throat, a gray crown, and a purplish gray nape and hindneck. The sides of the neck and the breast are pale red, and the belly is white. The male's upperparts are chestnut-brown with some chestnut-red markings. The hindneck and upper mantle have some purple iridescence. The outer tail feathers are dark chestnut with white tips. The eye is yellow and surrounded by bare red skin. The bill is black, and the legs and feet are pinkish red to brownish red. The female has less reddish tone on the upperparts, and its pink and gray areas are duller. The pallid dove is found in the tropical lowlands of western South America, ranging from the Chocó Department of west-central Colombia through Ecuador into the Department of Tumbes in far northwestern Peru. It occurs in the Chocó bioregion of endemism, where it inhabits both primary and secondary tropical evergreen forest, as well as dryer semi-deciduous woodland. Its elevational range extends from sea level up to 800 m (2,600 ft).
