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[[Image:Namaqua_Dove_male.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of male by AJDH<br/>Location: Damman, Saudi Arabia]] | [[Image:Namaqua_Dove_male.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of male by AJDH<br/>Location: Damman, Saudi Arabia]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 22cm in length with a 28-33cm wingspan, and weighing 40g. Very long black tapered tail, grey plumage, white belly, chestnut primary feathers, black face, throat and breast, and a yellow and red bill. Female lacks the black and has a red-based grey bill. | |
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[[Image:Namaqua_Dove_female.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of female by AJDH<br/>Location: Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia]] | [[Image:Namaqua_Dove_female.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of female by AJDH<br/>Location: Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia]] | ||
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[[Image:Namaqua_Dove_juv.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of juvenile by AJDH<br/>Location: Badaan Farm, Bahrain]] | [[Image:Namaqua_Dove_juv.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of juvenile by AJDH<br/>Location: Badaan Farm, Bahrain]] | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[Africa]]. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
It is the only species in the genus Oena. There are 2 subspecies: Oena capensis capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) and O.c. aliena (Bangs, 1918). | It is the only species in the genus Oena. There are 2 subspecies: Oena capensis capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) and O.c. aliena (Bangs, 1918). | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Desert with acacia and bushes, also farms and villages. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | It builds a stick nest in a bush, and lays | + | It builds a stick nest in a bush, and lays 2 white eggs, which are incubated by the female for 16 days. |
| − | + | Diet includes minute seeds, such as seeds of grasses, sedges and weeds. | |
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Oena+capensis}} | {{GSearch|Oena+capensis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 13:38, 26 October 2007
- Oena capensis
Identification
22cm in length with a 28-33cm wingspan, and weighing 40g. Very long black tapered tail, grey plumage, white belly, chestnut primary feathers, black face, throat and breast, and a yellow and red bill. Female lacks the black and has a red-based grey bill.
Young birds are dark blotched on the wings and shoulders, and otherwise resemble the females.
Distribution
Taxonomy
It is the only species in the genus Oena. There are 2 subspecies: Oena capensis capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) and O.c. aliena (Bangs, 1918).
Habitat
Desert with acacia and bushes, also farms and villages.
Behaviour
It builds a stick nest in a bush, and lays 2 white eggs, which are incubated by the female for 16 days.
Diet includes minute seeds, such as seeds of grasses, sedges and weeds.
