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Pairs spend the daytime secluded in tree-holes or cuddled on a leafy branch.
Male has a prominent rose-pink collar on hind neck, joined to lower mandible by a broad black band. A dark forest pigeon, Male. Above, head and neck grey, the latter speckled behind with blackish. Mantle claret-maroon speckled with white on coverts. A particoloured brown and white high-altitude pigeon.