White-tipped Dove

31 cm (12") Rare. Southern Texas, lower Rio Grande Valley. Ground feeds in brush or wooded areas.

Large plump bird. Whitish forehead and throat. Dark back.

In flight; shows white tips of fanned tail

Was called White-fronted Dove.

Song: call is like foghorn noise made by blowing over an open bottle.

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Credit: Laura Gooch