The Silvery Pigeon has silvery blue-grey plumage and a green sheen on the nape. In 2008, one bird was photographed flying between islands in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands.
In the specimens compared in the paper, the plumage was pale silvery blue-grey, with a faint green sheen on the nape and reddish-purple skin around the eye.
In 2008, one bird was photographed flying from Masokut to Simaimu off Siberut Island. The authors suggest that it may move between islands in search of food.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.