bitin (taobe)
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bitin
and taobe.
sn. Gallicolumba erythroptera.
n. ground dove (The coloring is typically darkish grey and white; The head, neck, back and upper breast are grey with a purplish and greenish sheen or irridescence; The secondary wing feathers are mainly dark grey and the primaries and tail feathers mainly white; The abdomen is white, often speckled with grey and the under tail-coverts, white. The short bill is dark grey with a small whitish operculum at the base; The legs and feet are coral red, or purplish red. Some birds have less white than others, and hardly any two are exactly alike) <bird> (aa).