Blue-eyed Ground Dove Columbina cyanopis

Stunningly beautiful dove that has only recently been rediscovered. Cinnamon-colored overall but paler below. Note the conspicuous dreamy blue eyes and blue wing spots. Now only known from one location in Minas Gerais, Brazil, where it occurs in open savanna and grasslands on white sands and forages in pairs on the ground. Song is a repetition of soft notes: “wah-wha-wha…”