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Streptopelia semitorquata
Large and stocky dove, size of Rock pigeon, about 30 cm in length. Warmer colored tht the most of doves: dark-brown back and wing coverts, pink throat, breast and belly, and pale-pinkish head. To help with ID, these doves sport red eye and easily distinguished red eye-ring.
This is a common and abundant sub-Saharan dove, found in many habitats with the exception of deserts. Here, in large and wooded city park of Abuja, (Millenium park), close to dense forest of Arboretum.
Spotted on Oct 14, 2018
Submitted on Dec 8, 2018
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