This dark-billed, purple-bodied relative of the similar Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) replaces it in the temperate forests of Chile and SW Argentina. This species suffered severe declines attributed to Newcastle Disease but appears to have largely recovered. Formerly included with the Old World pigeons in the genus Columba, genetic studies have shown that these New World pigeons are not closely related to them and deserve separation into a new genus, Patagioenas. Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
References:
Baptista, L.F., Trail, P.W., Horblit, H.M. & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). Chilean Pigeon (Patagioenas araucana). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/54133 on 26 April 2018).
Wexman, M., A. Jaramillo, and T. S. Schulenberg (2013). Chilean Pigeon (Patagioenas araucana), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.chipig2.01