Spotted Turtle-Dove

Streptopelia chinensis

Summary 5

"A common long-tailed pigeon found in light forests, gardens and in urban areas. Rosy-buff and grey colour with white-spotted black collar patch. Often encountered when they take off from the ground with an explosive flutter."

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Dr. Raju Kasambe, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Spotted_Dove_Spilopelia_chinensis_Amravati_Maharashtra.JPG
  2. (c) yaofong_tsao, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by yaofong_tsao
  3. (c) Flickr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8527/8530408635_b522ffdc24_o.jpg
  4. (c) Ravi Vaidyanathan, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Spotteddove1.jpg/460px-Spotteddove1.jpg
  5. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26320921

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