Medium-sized, long and sharp tail; gray-brown top part of head, torso, lower-back, wings coverings and feathers in the middle of the tail; dark gray wing flying feathers, the secondary inside prominently spotted black; front and sides of head and neck, along with lower body, as of a deer like color, darker on the thorax and lightening towards front and up to the tail lower coverings.

Average Size: Non-extended wing 136 to 157 mm; tail 117 to 158 mm; beak 12 a 15 mm; torso 18 a 21 mm.

Average Wight: 96 to 130 gr. Females are lightly smaller and darker than males.

Other names for this species are: torcaz, torcaza, tórtola, coast huilota, Asian melopelia and white-winged dove.

Medium-sized, slightly bigger than huilota and with a squared tail as like a pigeons’; purpled-gray top part of head and forehead, and dark on the dorsal side, dark gray wings media covering and tail central feathers; dark gray flying feathers with white narrow edge; farthest coverings white center wings, shaping an elongated spot on open wing; black beak, red legs and feet.

Sizes: Non-extended wing 147 to 166 mm; tail 98 to 113 mm; beak 19 to 224 mm; torso 23 to 26 mm.
Average Weight: 130 to 196 gr. males slightly bigger than females.

This dove is abundant in both coasts, especially in the spiny and tropical forests; resident population increases in winter due to a quiet small migratory population coming from the southeast of the United States.