Showing posts with label Dove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dove. Show all posts

11 August 2026

Zebra Dove

Columbiformes - Columbidae - Geopelia striata (Merbok Biasa) 

A small, grayish brown dove with dark bars on the breast and back, and bare blue skin around the eye. The call is a rapid series of short “coos,” higher pitched and faster than Spotted Dove. Native to Southeast Asia, but introduced to many islands, including the Hawaiian Islands, French Polynesia, Mauritius, and the Seychelles. It is generally quite abundant throughout both its native and non-native range, especially in urban and suburban areas; typically not found in dense forests.
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Display but not exhibit.




08 August 2026

Spotted Dove

Columbiformes - Columbidae - Spilopedia chinensis (Tekukur Biasa) 

A common garden bird throughout much of Asia, found in open forests, fields, and parks; introduced to several regions around the world. Often tame and approachable. Brown overall with a rosy breast and a unique white-spotted black nape patch. Plumage shows slight regional variation: western birds have dark centers to wing feathers, lacking in eastern birds. Turtle-doves are larger, have black centers to wing feathers and stripes rather than spots on the neck. Coos loudly and often: “coo-a-roooo”.
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Understand absolutes to achieve balance.


13 March 2026

Red Collared-Dove

 Columbiformes - Columbidae -  Streptopelia tranquebarica (Tekukur Merah)

Medium-sized dove of open spaces with trees and bushes. Male is red with a bluish-gray head and female is brown overall. Both sexes have a dark collar. Female may be confused with other collared-doves, but is smaller with a shorter tail. Often forages in pairs, but may congregate in large flocks, particularly in agricultural fields where seeds have been spilled. Song is a hoarse and muffled-sounding series of three or four hoots.
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07 March 2026

Red Collared-Dove

 Columbiformes - Columbidae -  Streptopelia tranquebarica (Tekukur Merah)

Medium-sized dove of open spaces with trees and bushes. Male is red with a bluish-gray head and female is brown overall. Both sexes have a dark collar. Female may be confused with other collared-doves, but is smaller with a shorter tail. Often forages in pairs, but may congregate in large flocks, particularly in agricultural fields where seeds have been spilled. Song is a hoarse and muffled-sounding series of three or four hoots.
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28 February 2026

Red Collared Dove

Columbiformes - Columbidae -  Streptopelia tranquebarica (Tekukur Merah)

Medium-sized dove of open spaces with trees and bushes. Male is red with a bluish-gray head and female is brown overall. Both sexes have a dark collar. Female may be confused with other collared-doves, but is smaller with a shorter tail. Often forages in pairs, but may congregate in large flocks, particularly in agricultural fields where seeds have been spilled. Song is a hoarse and muffled-sounding series of three or four hoots.
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A leap, a joy, need not be much, that's abundance when a search yields.














13 May 2025

Jambu Fruit-Dove

Columbiformes - Columbidae - Ptilinopus jambu (Punai-Gading Jambu)

The plum-red face and pink “blush” on the white chest of the cartoonish-looking male are unique. Plainer female and juvenile can be difficult to separate from female Black-naped Fruit Dove; look out for Jambu’s bright white eye-ring and orange bill. Generally uncommon and nomadic; roams widely across lowland and foothill forests, where it seeks out fruiting trees. Forages quietly in the canopy, typically singly or in pairs.
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Sets its own pace, goes its own way, a natural.








* Alone standing - recognise and value what and where you are, and you'll not covet another *
- not wrong to be different, to not want -





25 October 2024