Maroon-chested Ground Dove

Maroon-chested Ground DoveThis nomadic dove lives in dense undergrowth of montane forests and is strongly associated with bamboo. It appears when bamboo fruits and searches on the ground for seeds and fallen fruit.What does it look like?Males are dark blue-gray with a dark maroon chest. Females are mostly brown and gray, with a cinnamon forehead and face.How does it live?This nomadic dove lives in dense undergrowth of montane forests and is strongly associated with bamboo. It appears when bamboo fruits and searches on the ground for seeds and fallen fruit.It appears when bamboo fruits and searches beneath dense vegetation for seeds and fallen fruit. At one nest in Ecuador, both parents incubated, brooded, and fed the young.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.