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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | Buff-brown, scaled pattern on back and wings produced by black feathers with buff, grey, or red fringes, black-and-white patch on neck, long, grey, white-tipped tail, red legs. Sexes are similar. | |
| − | Buff-brown, scaled pattern on back and wings produced by black feathers with buff, | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | The Oriental Turtle Dove | + | The Oriental Turtle Dove is a member of the family Columbidae, doves and pigeons. |
| − | It has two distinctive races, S. o. orientalis in the central Siberian taiga, and S. o. meena in central Asia. | + | It has two distinctive races, ''S. o. orientalis'' in the central Siberian taiga, and ''S. o. meena'' in central Asia. |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Forests. | Forests. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
Two white eggs are laid in a twig nest in a tree. | Two white eggs are laid in a twig nest in a tree. | ||
Revision as of 19:07, 14 November 2007
- Streptopelia orientalis
Identification
Buff-brown, scaled pattern on back and wings produced by black feathers with buff, grey, or red fringes, black-and-white patch on neck, long, grey, white-tipped tail, red legs. Sexes are similar.
Distribution
India, southeast Asia, and southern Japan.
Taxonomy
The Oriental Turtle Dove is a member of the family Columbidae, doves and pigeons. It has two distinctive races, S. o. orientalis in the central Siberian taiga, and S. o. meena in central Asia.
Habitat
Forests.
Behaviour
Two white eggs are laid in a twig nest in a tree.
