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Zebra Dove (30)
jcoowanitwong
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1596 W: 0 N: 2795]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (11461) | I believe this one is zebra dove. But not so sure as the head is a little bit bald and lack of blue tint around the eyes (may be angle of the sun distorts the color).
Correction and help in identification are welcome.
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Geopelia
Species:G. striata
Common name: Zebra Dove; Barred ground Dove; Javanese striated Ground Dove; Peaceful Dove; Merbok/Perkutut/Balam(Malay); นกเขาชวา; นกเขาเล็ก
Main features: Small (20-22cm); bluish grey cheeks and eye ring; crown, nape brown; upper parts brown with small crescent-shaped black bars; underparts pinkish buff with black and white zebra-like bands; bill pale grey; feet pinkish brown.
Genders look alike.
Juveniles: Upperparts densely barred dark rufous brown; all flight feathers tipped rufous brown; underparts brown instead of pinkish buff.
Habitat:
Residential and rural areas. Native to Asia.
http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Geopelia_striata.htm
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The Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida), is a pigeon native to Australia and New Guinea. It is closely related to the Zebra Dove of south-east Asia and the Barred Dove of eastern Indonesia. Until recently, the three were classed as a single species, Geopelia striata, known as Peaceful Dove or Zebra Dove.
(Source: Wikipedia.org) |
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