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Species
- Aisan
Dwarf Turtle Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
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| Description:
Male:
The head is a soft blue-grey with the rump and upper
tail the same blue-grey. The iris is brown to black.
The orbital skin shows greyish. Bill black with a greyer
base and cere. The neck shows a broad black collar around
the back. The back and wings are a wine red. The primary
coverts and flight feathers are a blackish brown. The
central tail feathers are the grey of the rump with
the outer tail feathers being the blackish brown. The
end halves are white on the outermost three tail feathers
and grey on the others. Following the underline, the
chin shows a light, white to a pale pink on the throat
and a darker pink on the breast to the belly. The undertail
coverts are white with the undertail white with black
beginnings to the outer feathers. The under wing shows
a pale grey to white on the inner coverts and black
brown on the flights. The feet are a dark red.
Female:
On the female the forehead is a grey brown with the
overall top line showing brown. The flight feathers
show dark brown while the back and rump are more gray.
The throat is a pale grey blending into the brown grey
breast and belly. The undertail coverts show white.
The underwings are off white with brown flight feathers.
Juvenile:
The juvenile shows coloration very similar to the female
except they lack the black collar. Many of the body
and wing feathers show buff fringes and the primary
coverts show chestnut tips.
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Other Names:
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Red
Collared Dove, Red Ring Dove, Red Turtle Dove
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| Subspecies: |
S.
t. tranquebarica and S. t. humilis |
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| Natural
Habitat: |
They prefer
the dry, open country and scrubland
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| Status
in Wild: |
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| IN
CAPTIVITY |
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| Housing: |
These
small doves do well in long planted flights with ample
flying room, multiple perches and some direct sunlight.
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| Temperatures: |
They
are cold tolerant. Jeff Downing keeps his out in their
flights all winter long where temperatures can be blow
freezing for days at a time. The wire is covered in plastic
to protect against the winds and the birds can get under
cover from the elements. |
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| Feeding: |
Good
clean fresh water at all times. Feed a good clean variety
of mixed seeds from medium to small in size. Some soft
foods are also appreciated, like steamed wild rice, hard
boiled egg, meal worms and soaked grain breads. |
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| Breeding: |
They
prefer to nest high under cover in open baskets or open
boxes making their nest with dried grasses, long pine
needles and twigs. |
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| Numbers: |
This
species is moderately available in the US from private
breeders |
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