Regional Status: Not Endemic

Woodland. A large, pink-breasted dove with red eyes and a broad hindcollar.

Marshlands. Small, secretive. Head, nape and upper breast chestnut.

Bushveld vleis. Breeding male. Red collar often difficult to see unless bird is perched.

Forests. Entirely orange except for brownish crown and silver-grey wings.

Woodland, suburbia. Grey upperparts; brick-red breast; banded below. Orbital ring, lower mandible and legs yellow.

Grass savanna. Above metallic blue; below deep orange.

Dry pans, short grass. Light brown above with rufous cap and pectoral tufts; whitish below.

Wetlands. Red bill; dark brown hood and upperparts; all feathers edged creamy; neck dusky; underparts white; all feathers with dark centres.

Game and cattle regions. Upperparts and entire head dark brown; underparts and rump yellow-buff; bill and eyes red; eye-rings yellow.

Croplands. Red or pinkish bill on small, weaver-type bird; male has blackish face.

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