Size: 13 inches
Overall Color: gray/tan
Occurrence: widespread
Diet: seeds, insects
Nest: dish in tree or ground
Field Identification: square tail, narrow black band on back of neck, larger than mourning dove
Season: year-round
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Columbiformes
Family: 35 Columbidae (doves)
Genus: Streptopelia
Species: decaocto
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