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 ...

Flocks of these doves, with large white wing patches ... contrasting sharply with the blackish flight feathers; blackish square-ended tail with prominent white terminal band.