- Aplopelia larvata
(disputed: Columba larvata)
Other Names
Cinnamon Dove; German: Zimttaube; Afrikaans: Kaneelduifie
Identification
It has a dark brown plumage, black bill, glossed green on sides of neck and cinnamon brown below. The feet, iris and orbital skin are red. The male of western Africa subspecies has a dark grey plumage. The female has a dull cinnamon brown plumage.
Habitat
Understory of lowland and afromontane evergreen forests from sea level to above 2 000m as well as in the alien pine and oak plantations of the Western Cape, South Africa.
Diet
Forages among leaf litter, sometimes in deep shade beneath dense undergrowth, picking up seeds and fallen small fruits. The diet also consists out of mollusks and insects.
Breeding
Solitary nester building flat platforms out of twigs and rootlets or pine needles. The female usually lays two creamy white eggs.
