Order: Columbiformes - Family: Columbidae Status: Resident - Abundant - Breeder. Habitat: Woods, bushland and trails

All records since January 2014

Adult
© Gustavo F. Brahamian Black bill. Reddish legs. Vinous colouring on breast. Plumbeous tail with black subterminal band and white outer tip. Round dots on wings © Carlos González Ledo Black lines on auriculars. Golden sheen on sideneck © Nicolás Giorgio © J. Simón Tagtachian © Carlos González Ledo
© Gustavo F. Brahamian © J. Simón Tagtachian © J. Simón Tagtachian

Breeding
11 12 11 © Cora Rimoldi
24 10 15 © Sergio Cusano
27 11 11© Carlos González Ledo Cortejo
11 12 11 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Crop milk

© Roberto Ares

Characteristic of all Columbiformes. During the last week the prolactine stimulates the accumulation of proteins and lipids on the outer cells of the crop both in the male and female. These cells transform into a dense mass called crop milk. During the first four o five days this crop milk is the only food the chicks get. Then it is increasingly alternated with seeds.

Juvenile
© Claudia y Tito Di Mauro	© Roberto Ares
© Jorge García Vicente	© Amelia Besana
© Sergio Cusano	© Sergio Cusano
© Sergio Cusano

Unusual doves
3 15 © J. Simón Tagtachian	11 14 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

More photographic records since January 2013