A little larger than the mourning dove; generally brownish gray above and a paler ... On perched bird, wing patch shows only as a thin white line along the leading edge of the folded wing.

white eye ring contrasts with gray face. Wings brownish gray; tertials blackish, edged white. Underparts entirely white. Nonbreeding male: black on crown absent, resulting in grayish crown.

This bird had red eyes, a black bill and red feet. The male had a red breast and blue-gray head, body and wings, while the female had a more brownish body and its lower throat and breast were a ...