A dark brown pigeon with iridescent wing patches. In coastal South Australia it uses dense woodland and scrub and feeds mainly on plant seeds.
Males have a gray crown and maroon markings on the forehead and throat. Females are duller overall. Iridescent wing patches can appear green, bronze, or purple with the light.
It feeds mainly on seeds of native and introduced plants, with some insects. It uses dense woodland and coastal scrub and moves only locally.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.