Pale-capped pigeon

Description

This large 36–40.5 cm-long pigeon is all-dark chestnut brown with a contrasting pale crown.The male has whitish-grey crown,purplish-maroon upperparts with faint green gloss on the neck;more strongly iridescent mantle and back;dark slate-coloured rump and uppertail-coverts;vinous-brown ear-coverts,throat and underparts[ slaty-grey undertail-coverts;and blackish tail and flight feathers.Females have a more brownish-grey crown.Juveniles initially have the crown colour matching the mantle,duller wing-coverts and scapulars with rufous fringes,a much reduced gloss on the upperparts and greyer underparts.The legs are crimson and iris is creamy-yellow in adults.The skin around the eyes and the ceres are magenta.