Wings make a loud clapping sound when flushed. Polytypic. Length 14.5". Larger, with a longer tail than a rock pigeon; blue-gray on the upper parts with contrasting blackish gray flight feathers ...

Polytypic (12 ssp.; nominate in North America.). Length 12.5". A medium-size compact pigeon with long wings and a short tail. Birds most closely resembling their wild ancestors are gray with head ...

DESCRIPTION: The passenger pigeon was much larger than the somewhat similarly plumed mourning dove. Adapted for speed and maneuverability in flight, it had a small head and neck; long tail; long, ...