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Spilopelia chinensis
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 Sri Lankan subspecies. The lesser median coverts are grey brown.
©ASylvestri
Spotted on Feb 24, 2013
Submitted on Feb 24, 2013
