These birds live in the same environments as the purple-winged ground dove. And the blue-eyed ground dove’s story inspires hope: The species went missing in 1941 and was rediscovered in 2016.

Conservationists say there is new hope for one of the world's rarest bird species, the blue-eyed ground dove, after three chicks hatched as part of a breeding project.

Bird enthusiasts and experts said the sighting, while rare, was not entirely unexpected. A common ground dove was seen at Cape May, N.J., Friday, and the species has turned up as far north as ...