Speckled Pigeon - a watercolor painting

This is a watercolor painting on paper made by Jeannie Ortiz in 2025.

I painted it on an odd size of paper that doesn’t fit in a ‘standard’ frame. It measures approximately 6 x 9 inches. It will be shipped as is, not in a matte or frame. 

This is a watercolor painting of a Speckled Pigeon from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa. Last summer I went on a kick of painting beautiful pigeons from all around the world. (I do hope to still make more)

Here is information about this bird from Merlin - Big, dark pigeon with white spots across the shoulder and a big red patch of bare skin around the eye. In flight, shows a gray tail band and rump. Found in many different open habitats, and nests in towns and cities and on cliffs. Only absent from thick forest. Common vocalizations are a “rrrour” call and an accelerating series of hoots. Somewhat similar to Rameron Pigeon, but largely absent from forest, and shows much larger wing spots and red rather than yellow bare facial skin.