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Streptopelia lugens
Dark grey coloured dove; pale grey face and a distinct black patch on the sides of neck; rich rufous edges of some tertials and wing-coverts; dark ash grey underparts; orange colour ring in the eye Photo taken at Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
common in highland, 1800-3000m; forest edges,wooded areas
Spotted on Jan 9, 2018
Submitted on Oct 2, 2018
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Congratulations Karan, your Dusky Turtle Dove is our Spotting of the Day:
"A few rufous-edged feathers match the eye of this elegant Dusky Turtle Dove (Streptopelia lugens), our Spotting of the Day! Doves and pigeons (family Columbidae) all share a common physiological feature: birds of both sexes produce "crop milk", a soft lumpy substance secreted by specialized cells that line the bird's crop and which they feed to their young. Flamingos and some penguins secrete an analog of crop milk from their esophagus".
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