Key West Quail-Dove
Key West Quail-Dove: Medium dove with red-brown upperparts glossed with purple and green, gray-red nape and crown, white throat and streak below eye, and buff-gray underparts. Upperparts are iridescent. Red bill has black tip. Forages on ground for fruits, seeds and insects. Legs and feet are pink. Low direct flight on rapidly beating wings.
● Song:
"whoe-whoe-oh-oh-oh", "oooooooooou"
● Foraging & Feeding:
Key West Quail-Dove: Eats a variety of seeds, fallen berries, fruits, insects, and small snails; forages on the ground, usually beneath the cover of bushes or trees.
● Breeding & nesting:
Key West Quail-Dove: One or two creamy buff eggs are laid in a nest made of leaves and sticks, and built on the ground or in a low tree or shrub. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by both parents.
● Similar species:
Key West Quail-Dove: Ruddy Quail-Dove is smaller, has rich rufous or brown upperparts without iridescence, cinnamon-brown underparts, buff line beneath eye, and shorter tail.