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'''Alternative name: Red Collared Dove'''
 
'''Alternative name: Red Collared Dove'''
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[[Image:Red_Collared_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter+Ericsson|Peter Ericsson}}<br />Bangkok, [[Thailand]], April 2003]]
 
;[[:Category:Streptopelia|Streptopelia]] tranquebarica
 
;[[:Category:Streptopelia|Streptopelia]] tranquebarica
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[[Image:Red_Collared_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Peter Ericsson]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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23cm.  The male's head is blue-grey, with a black collar on the nape.  Its mantle, back and wing coverts and underparts are red.  Its flight feathers are black, its tail is grey with black sides.  Its bill is black and its legs and feet are a purple-black.  The female is brown.  Its call is ''cru-u-u-u-u'' or ''goo-goo-goo''.
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20·5–23 cm (8-9 in)<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Bluish-grey head
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*Black collar
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*Red mantle, back and wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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*Black [[Topography#Wings|primaries]]
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*Tail
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:Grey
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:Black sides
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*Black bill
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*Purplish-black feet and legs<br />
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'''Female''' is brown
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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South [[Asia]], [[Taiwan]].
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[[Asia]]: found in [[Russia]], [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]]<br />
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'''South Asia''': [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], Eastern [[Himalayas]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]],<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Philippines]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Java]], [[Bali]], [[Sulawesi]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Polytypic. Consists of two subspecies.
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====Subspecies====
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#P|polytypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> consisting of two subspecies:
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*''S. t. tranquebarica'':
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:*Sind, Punjab and western [[Nepal]] south through peninsula [[India]]
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*''S. t. humilis'':
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:*[[Tibet]] to [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], south-eastern [[Asia]] and northern [[Philippines]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Open country, trees, scrub and forests.
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Open country with trees, scrub and dry woodland and jungles.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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It eats rice, maize, seeds of grasses and herbs as well as buds and young leaves. It is ground feeder.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of rice, maize, seeds of grasses and herbs as well as buds and young leaves. They are ground feeders.
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Its nest is flimsy, placed high in a tree.  Usually 2 eggs are laid.
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====Breeding====
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Its nest is a flimsy platform, placed high in a tree.  The clutch usually consists of 2 eggs.
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Call''': ''cru-u-u-u-u'' or ''goo-goo-goo''
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
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#Birding in Taiwan
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Streptopelia+tranquebarica}}
 
{{GSearch|Streptopelia+tranquebarica}}
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=712&Bird_Image_ID=19395&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Streptopelia]]
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{{Video|Red_Turtle_Dove}}
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Streptopelia]] [[Category:Videos]]

Revision as of 18:58, 18 July 2015

Alternative name: Red Collared Dove

Photo by Peter Ericsson
Bangkok, Thailand, April 2003
Streptopelia tranquebarica

Identification

20·5–23 cm (8-9 in)
Male

  • Bluish-grey head
  • Black collar
  • Red mantle, back and wing coverts
  • Black primaries
  • Tail
Grey
Black sides
  • Black bill
  • Purplish-black feet and legs

Female is brown

Distribution

Asia: found in Russia, China, Tibet, Nepal
South Asia: Pakistan, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Eastern Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Java, Bali, Sulawesi

Taxonomy

Subspecies

This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of two subspecies:

  • S. t. tranquebarica:
  • Sind, Punjab and western Nepal south through peninsula India
  • S. t. humilis:

Habitat

Open country with trees, scrub and dry woodland and jungles.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of rice, maize, seeds of grasses and herbs as well as buds and young leaves. They are ground feeders.

Breeding

Its nest is a flimsy platform, placed high in a tree. The clutch usually consists of 2 eggs.

Vocalisation

Call: cru-u-u-u-u or goo-goo-goo

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
  4. Birding in Taiwan

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