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Spotted dove

Spilopelia chinensis

Description:

The spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) is a small and somewhat long-tailed pigeon which is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Habitat:

Common in urban and rural India, especially where human beings live.

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2 Comments

Debika
Debika 6 years ago

Thanks SukanyaDatta for correcting me :)

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 6 years ago

Common name is Spotted Dove. (Spilopelia chinensis)
Oriental turtle dove or rufous turtle dove is Streptopelia orientalis.

Debika
Spotted by
Debika

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Spotted on Mar 6, 2015
Submitted on Jun 9, 2017

Spotted for Mission

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