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Turtle dove/Divja grlica

Streptopelia turtur

Photo by Ursula
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Field Notes

Description:

Lightly gray, medium-pigeon sized bird with light brown wings and black spots on it, black tail and tiny head.

Habitat:

Asia, Africa, Europe.

Notes:

This dove was so quick I hardly got a chance to catch it on camera :)

Reference Links:

Turtle Dove

Species ID Suggestions

Turtle Dove

Streptopelia turtur

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FaredinAliyevski
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Comments (4)
Ursula
ok! thx for this explanation :))
FaredinAliyevski
As far as I can see both have the markings but in yours can't see the real shape of it. But it doesn't matter because in Europe there are no other doves that look this similar to turtle dove so this is the only option. These are the only birds we have in Europe from genus: Streptopelia, http://carolinabirds.org/HTML/EU_Dove_OldWorld.htm Oh, and this one is a migratory birds so we have it here from spring till end of summer.
Ursula
thx Faredin! the feathers look about right-what about the mark on a neck? p.s. I also love these birds :)

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PublishedAugust 8, 2013

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