Talk:Spotted dove

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I have always grown up with these pigeons around me (Australia), but from observation, the female has a darker (almost like a dusty brown colour) and rounder head than the male. - Frances 8/6/05

I don't know. Is the Australian form is a different subspecies, or whether what you say is true throughout the range?jimfbleak 05:54, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Why?

Why is this page entitled "Spotted Dove"? I think it should be "Spotted Turtle Dove". All my bird books identify the species as that and offer "Spotted Dove" as an alternative name. Frances76 23:57, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

All the Indian bird guides refer to it as merely Spotted Dove. The idea of making common names such as Turtle Dove go along with genera like Streptopelia is a recent fashion. And strangely it is rarely followed for American and English birds such as the Robins, Redwings, Blackbirds etc even if they all belonged to Turdus. Shyamal 10:06, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Leave it as Spotted Dove - that's what it's called throughout its native range, and in Birds Of India - no need for the elitist addition. jimfbleak 15:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

What is the difference between White spotted and the Black Spotted Dove?

I believe that this is the species that is known in Hawaii as the Lace-Necked Dove. They are quite common on the island of Oahu and congregate in large numbers at bird feeders. (71.22.47.232 (talk) 18:02, 26 May 2010 (UTC))

Google agrees with you. Added. howcheng {chat} 18:53, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Anyone studying these?

A few summers ago I filmed a pair of these who were mating and feeding on my deck in New Zealand. They had some pre-mating rituals, like wing stretching and general preening. Both were attacked by cats while protecting their nest. The scars made them easier to identify. I also have footage of their first few days teaching their chicks to feed before they chased them off. And a couple of territory disputes. If anyone is studying them and is interested in the footage, please contact me and I will arrange to send it to them.

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Gallery

I think the page Spotted Dove deserves a gallery. I for one could contribute greatly. What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Radiotrefoil (talk • contribs) 03:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

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The spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) is a small and somewhat long-tailed bird of the pigeon family, Columbidae, that is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. The species has been introduced to many parts of the world and feral populations have become established. There are considerable plumage variations across populations within its wide range; for example the populations in India and Sri Lanka are long tailed and buff brown in colour with a white-spotted black collar patch on the back and sides of the neck. This spotted dove was photographed in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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