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Speckled Pigeon

Columba guinea

Description:

This is a large pigeon at 41 cm in length. Its back and wings are rufous, the latter heavily speckled with white spots. The rest of the upperparts and underparts are blue-grey, and the head is grey with red patches around the eye. The neck is brownish, streaked with white, and the legs are red

Habitat:

Garden

Notes:

The call is a loud doo-doo-doo

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Jared Hersch
Spotted by
Jared Hersch

Knysna Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on May 5, 2013
Submitted on May 5, 2013

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