A Buenos Aires City account describes a vinous purple-brown body and a neck that shines blue-bronze in sunlight. In the city, it feeds on seeds and fruit in parks and other tree-lined places.
The city account describes vinous purple-brown plumage and a metallic blue-to-bronze sheen on the rear of the neck in sunlight.
In Buenos Aires City, it uses tree-lined parks and plazas, walks on the ground, and also perches on tall trees or antennas. It feeds in groups on seeds, grains, and shoots from the ground, and also takes fruit from trees.
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