Dove South-east Thailand (1 Viewer)

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robby thai

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• Apr 24, 2018

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Got home yesterday from the latest trip and starting to go through the photos and already coming up with trouble.

Saw several of these Doves in Ta Phraya NP they looked very different from the Red-collared Doves I see almost everywhere, in the field they appeared bigger and they were all the same so if they are female R-c D then there were no males present.

Dont know if S decaocto has ever been recorded in the area.

 

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Werzik

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• Apr 24, 2018

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I think there were quite a number of Eurasian Collared Dove being introduced (released from captivity) in Thailand and they have been doing a good job adapting and breeding ever since. This individual maybe that species if the size of the birds you observed really stood out. Eurasian Collared Dove is about the same size as Spotted Dove (30-32 cm.), while Red Collared Dove is significantly smaller (20-23 cm.).

 

Last edited: Apr 24, 2018

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johnallcock

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• Apr 24, 2018

• #3

Did you get any more pictures?
For me, on this picture the bird looks better for Red Collared Dove e.g. the tail looks short for Eurasian (but hard to tell at this angle), the rump and tail looks rather grey-toned and the legs look greyer than I would expect on Eurasian. It's hard to judge, but the size here looks quite small relative to the tree branches. Another angle may help clarify if you have one.

 

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robby thai

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• Apr 25, 2018

• #4

Best I can do, first is the same bird.



The next 2 are different birds taken on a different day into the early morning sun so poor shots.

 

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Werzik

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• Apr 26, 2018

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I think they are all Red-collared Dove; the first bird is small and rusty red upper part (not sandy brown that of EcD), the other two also don't show positive traits of EcD e.g. red claws, white eyering. Some RcD can appear to be larger than normal.