Picazuro Pigeon

34 cm. Head and underparts vinous brown, belly paler. The feathers on the hindneck silvery white, edged black. The feathers of upper mantle metallic purple, edged dusky. Back dark gray. Wings dull brown, the feathers of the outer greater and median coverts with white edges giving a white band in the open wing. Tail blue gray with a black terminal band. Iris orange to red. Cere white, bill dark red at the base and with a yellow tip. Orbital skin red. <NThe female is paler. Call "couuu-coo-coo-oo coo-coo-oo coo-coo-oo".. In pairs or small groups foraging on the ground, perches in trees. October-December ^120 . Common. In open woodland, savannah, agricultural areas with scattered trees, gardens, borders of towns. Must have benefited significantly from the widespread deforestation. Throughout. To 2000 meters 13966 Call. Pirapora, 11<10>13<10>98. Sunny, 30<91>C. Gallery forest. With /Crypturellus undulatus, Myiarchus tyrannulus .: 3959 Song. Rio Do<C8>e, 11<10>4<10>00. Cloudy, 25<91>C. Open forest, houses. With /Pitangus sulphuratus, Thraupis sayaca .: 6006 Calls, December 30, 2004, Itatiaia, open forest near Hotel Simon, sunny, hot.: 11744 > :