Chunkay is to add heated oil, usually infused with garlic and/or other spies, a dish (e.g. dhal or meat ) as opposed to cooking the dish in the oil. If you chunkay with garlic, the garlic must turn golden to deep brown before adding it to the dish. Chunkay'ing imparts a rich and delicious smoky flavor to the food if done correctly.

Growing up in Jamaica, I remember these birds feeding and nesting near populated areas, because these areas had full growth of the tallest trees, for them to nest and feed in. As human activities (coal burning, mining, etc.) depleted these trees, they tend to feed wherever they find food (fruits and berries), and nest in old growths of bamboo trees, away from people.

These doves usually do poorly in captivity and are probably not mean to be kept as pets. I know a few people who had the resources, and were able to even get them to bread in captivity by recreating a semblance of their natural surrounding. In the wild they evade nest hunters by making nests that look abandoned, and their young do no squeak anywhere as loud as domestic pigeon squeakers. Amazing!

I read somewhere that the John Tu Whit is a migratory breed that migrates to Cuba around the end of each year. As a child, I used to associate them with mango season, because you could always hear them singing in mango trees, at a close inspection would always reveal that they were singing while feeding on the ripe mangoes.