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Revision as of 14:22, 27 January 2008
- Streptopelia roseogrisea
Also known as Barbary Dove
Identification
- Pale creamy buff
- White chin, belly and undertail coverts
- Black half-collar around back of neck
- Red eye
- Black bill
- Crimson feet
Distribution
Introduced to New Zealand [from Africa] as a cage bird but has become feral. Noted for their gentle nature.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
Diet
They eat clover and weed seeds, split grain and newly sown or stubble grain supplemented with occasional invertebrates such as snails.
Breeding
Breeding is mainly between October and February and they re-nest several times a season. They lay 2 white eggs on a simple platform of twigs. Both adults incubate for about 15 days and the chicks fledge at about 15 days old
Voice
Call
A persistent coo-crooo.
