A large pigeon of Pacific islands, it has a pale gray to pinkish head and underside and darker gray wings and back. It feeds on fruit.
The wings, back, and tail are slate gray. The head is pale gray, while the neck and underside have a faint pink wash; cinnamon-rufous undertail coverts contrast with the belly.
This island pigeon eats fruit. On Rarotonga, researchers recorded aerial display flights throughout the year, territorial behavior, and courtship feeding.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.