1, different morphological characteristics. Spotted dove: upper body feathers mainly brown, head and neck gray-brown, dyed with wine color; forehead and top of the head gray or blue-gray, the back of the neck base on each side of the black feathers with a blue-gray rim, shoulder feather rim is reddish brown; upper back brown, lower back to the waist is blue-gray; tail end of the blue-gray, the central tail feather is brown; chin and throat pink; the underbody is reddish brown. Male and female plumage similar in color. Pigeon: Head broad and flat, body large and broad and deep, 5.3 to 5.6 centimeters long from beak to tail end, chest 3.8 to 4 centimeters, beak long and slightly curved. Adult pigeons have red or flesh-red eye rings, and young pigeons have pink eye rings.

2, different habits. Spotted dove: monotonous low sound, vigilance is very high. Foraging for sorghum, wheat seeds, rice and fruit, sometimes also eat insect larvae. Nests are built in trees, generally 3~7m high from the ground, made of branches, with a simple structure. Pigeons: Male and female pigeons **** together to build nests, incubate eggs and brood. After mating, pigeons go out to look for nesting materials and construct nests. The male pigeon with good production performance also has the "wife" behavior, if the female pigeon leaves the nest, the male pigeon will chase the female pigeon to return to the nest to lay eggs.

3, habitat environment is different. Dove: perched in the mountains, foothills or plains of the forest area, mainly in the forest edge, arable land and its nearby set of several small groups. Move to the plains in the fall and winter seasons, often with bead-necked turtledove roosting in groups. Pigeon: The pigeon's activity is characterized by daytime activity and nesting and roosting in the evening. Pigeons are very active in the daytime and feed and drink frequently. At night, they rest quietly in their nests. But trained pigeons can fly in the night if they are not rushed back to their roosts before evening, and can even fly at night.