On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close relatives.

Monotypic. Length 8.3". A small gray dove with black fringes on the feathers of both the upper and underparts forming an obvious “scaled” appearance. In flight, shows chestnut on the upper and ...

Adult female: similar. Juvenile: paler; buff fringes on feathers of the upperparts; black collar obscured or missing. The ringed turtle-dove is smaller, shorter-tailed, and noticeably paler ...