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Laughing dove

Stigmatopelia senegalensis

Description:

A resident breeding bird in the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara, the Middle East and southern Asia east to India. A long-tailed pigeon with red legs, black and reddish-brown tail and wings, some blue on the wings, and black spotting on the throat.

Habitat:

Scrub and dry farmland

Notes:

Spotted in a public park in Abu Dhabi.

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16 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks Cindy!

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Great shot!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks StevenSpragg!

StevenSpragg
StevenSpragg 12 years ago

What a cool picture. Over in Australia they are an introduced species. Good to see then in their natural habitat

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks LauraMaria! I waited for the dove to fly off to take a pic of the underwings; I was mildly upset when I just "clipped" the left wing...

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

I love that first picture, amazing! What a beautiful dove :)

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks HemantKumar!

HemantKumar
HemantKumar 12 years ago

gr888 shot well done

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks Alice!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Love the first picture - good work.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks Ariana!

Ariana
Ariana 12 years ago

Fantastic colorful picture!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks gpkyeungk!

Yeung PK
Yeung PK 12 years ago

beautiful

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks Ashish!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

What a flight...

DanielePralong
Spotted by
DanielePralong

Abu Dhabi - أبو ظبي, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Spotted on May 2, 2011
Submitted on May 2, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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