More Dove Pictures I, More Dove Pictures II, More Dove Pictures III, More Dove Pictures IV, Ice Dove Colors, Hatchling variants, Hybrids, Silky Doves, Flare, Bulge eyes.

This is a female dark ringneck dove, 440E2, which represents the wild type. This color was orginally derived from so called redeyed doves from Holland approximately 1951. These redeyed doves are likely Streptopelia decaocto which were spreading through Europe at that time.

Dark (wild type) color showing gray under tail coverts, male	Dark (wildtype) color of male "ringneck"
Dark (wild type) color showing near white under tail coverts, male	Peach nasal tufted (forehead crest) female from Hugh Nixon.

 More Dove Pictures I, More Dove Pictures II, More Dove Pictures III, More Dove Pictures IV, Ice Dove Colors, Hatchling variants, Hybrids, Silky Doves, Flare, Bulge eyes.