Endemic to Mauritius, this island pigeon has soft pinkish-gray plumage and a red bill. It feeds on fruits and seeds in remaining native forest and helps disperse seeds.
Its plumage is a soft pinkish gray, with a red bill and red eye ring that make the face easy to recognize.
It lives in fragments of native forest and feeds mainly on fruits and seeds. As a forest frugivore, it also helps move seeds through Mauritius's remaining habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.