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Spotted dove

Spilopelia chinensis

Description:

The ground colour of this long and slim dove is rosy buff below shading grey on the head and belly. There is a half collar on the back and sides of the neck made of black feathers that bifurcate and have white spots at the two tips. The back has brown feathers with rufous spots in the Indian and subspecies. The lesser median coverts are grey brown. The Indian populations have these coverts with rosy spots at the tip divided by a widening dark grey streak along the shaft. The primary coverts are dark brown. The wing feathers are dark brow with grey edges. The centre of the abdomen and vent are white. The outer tail feathers are tipped in white and become visible when the bird takes off. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are duller than adults and do not acquire the neck spots until they are mature.

Habitat:

Found inside IIM Trichy campus, Tamilnadu.

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4 Comments

Nidhin Basheer
Nidhin Basheer 7 years ago

Thanks for the nomination DanielePralong :D

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 7 years ago

Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated Nidhin!

Nidhin Basheer
Nidhin Basheer 7 years ago

Thanks Ava T-B :)

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 7 years ago

Lovely!

Nidhin Basheer
Spotted by
Nidhin Basheer

Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Nov 8, 2016
Submitted on Nov 8, 2016

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