Characterization: Medium-sized species measuring about 38cm in length. It has a heavy body, gray plumage, rich in powder, a small round head, and a weak beak. 

Distribution: Throughout Brazil.

Habitat: Common in large urban centers.

Habits: A diurnal species, this bird has an instinct to always return to its place of origin, having been used as a messenger ever since antiquity.

Diet: Herbivorous, specifically granivore and frugivorous, feeding on grains, seeds, fruits, and plants.

Breeding: It lays 2 eggs in a fragile, platform-shaped stick nest built in trees or on the ground.

In the UFRA area: This kind of dove was only seen in exotic woods. This is a restricted spatial distribution. Considered rare within these farms, it was found only once in all the surveys done.