Alternative name: Red Turtle Dove
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Sultanpur National Park, Haryana, India, May-2018
- Streptopelia tranquebarica
Identification
20·5–23 cm (8-9 in)
Male
- Grey
- Black sides
- Black bill
- Purplish-black feet and legs
Female is brown
Distribution
Asia: found in Russia, China, Tibet, Nepal
South Asia: Pakistan, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Eastern Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Java, Bali, Sulawesi
Taxonomy
Subspecies
This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of two subspecies:
- S. t. tranquebarica:
- S. t. humilis:
- Tibet to Myanmar, Thailand, south-eastern Asia and northern Philippines
Habitat
Open country with trees, scrub and dry woodland and jungles.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of rice, maize, seeds of grasses and herbs as well as buds and young leaves. They are ground feeders.
Breeding
Its nest is a flimsy platform, placed high in a tree. The clutch usually consists of 2 eggs.
Vocalisation
Call: cru-u-u-u-u or goo-goo-goo
Recording by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, India, June-2017
Call given by a male, late afternoon, sitting in the canopy, that had 3-4 females as well.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
- Birding in Taiwan
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red Collared Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red_Collared_Dove
External Links
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