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Namaqua Dove


Namaqua Dove
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Copyright: Eyal Bartov (bartove) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 170 W: 1 N: 484] (6236)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-24
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 5D MKII, 600 mm f 4
Exposure: f/5.0
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-07-30 11:22
Viewed: 374
Points: 4
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The Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in Africa south of the Sahara Desert and Madagascar. Its range also extends into the Arabian peninsula southern Israel , Jordan and as far as Turkey. It is the only species in the genus Oena.
This species is found in near desert with acacia and bushes. It builds a stick nest in a bush, and lays two white eggs, which are incubated for 16 days in typical pigeon fashion; the female at night and early morning and the male from mid morning till late afternoon. Its flight is fast with clipped beats and it tends to stay quite low.
Namaqua Dove is a tiny House Sparrow-sized pigeon, typically 22cm in length with a 28-33cm wingspan, and weighing 40g. It has a very long black tapered tail, and the size and shape have led to comparison with the Budgerigar. The plumage is mostly grey apart from a white belly, and chestnut primary feathers which are visible in flight.
The adult male has a black face, throat and breast, and a yellow and red bill. The adult female Namaqua Dove lacks the black and has a red-based grey bill. Young birds are dark blotched on the wings and shoulders, and otherwise resemble the females.
The song is a quiet, short, double hoo, higher on the longer second note kuh-whooo, mournful and frequently repeated.
Namaqua Doves are quite terrestrial, and usually forage on open ground and roadsides. The food is almost exclusively minute seeds, such as seeds of grasses, sedges and weeds.
They are not very gregarious, and are usually solitary or in pairs, but form larger flocks at waterholes.
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nice little dove, dash Ori

This shot is absolutely STUNNING, my friend Eyeal!
Simply superb!
I wish I could say more!
Respect, bro!
GOldy

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