12/07/2008;
Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua,
Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil.
300 mm f2.8 lens.
Figure 1. The Blue Ground-Dove comes to our Reserve only in the rainy season. A month or two after the rains cease, these doves migrate to other grounds.
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19/07/2008;
Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua,
Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil.
200 mm f2.8 lens.
mark for vim
Figure 2. Female Blue Ground-Dove, probably molting. Characteristics of the female are the brownish-gray upperparts with rufous rump and tail, and the rufous wing-spots. The white stripe around the nape seems to be due to lost feathers.
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