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Photo by KarenSaxton
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Field Notes

Description:

olive body with yellow throat and black eye stripe

Habitat:

acacia scrub surrounding lodge at Samburu nat park

Species ID Suggestions

African Mourning Dove

Streptopelia decipiens

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Spotted-Backed Weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

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Comments (5)
dungeonmasterShu
Note on Suggestions: See the yellow eye on the dove with the think pinky outline female and non-breeding male weavers are notoriously difficult to identify as they can vary even within the same colony.
Gordon Dietzman
Ha, I didn't even see the bird in the foreground....grin.
Gordon Dietzman
This may be a ring-necked dove (Streptopelia capicola). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-necked_Dove

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PublishedAugust 19, 2011

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