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Emerald Doves

Chalcophaps

Emerald Doves are beautiful birds with shiny green feathers. They are gentle and love to eat seeds and fruits. You can often find them in the trees of tropical forests.

Lebensraum: Tropical forests

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The Emerald Dove has iridescent emerald-green wings and back, contrasting with its purplish-brown head and underparts. It features a bright red bill, pinkish legs, and distinctive white and black stripes on its back, setting it apart visually.

ReichAnimaliaStammChordataKlasseAvesOrdnungColumbiformesFamilieColumbidaeGattungChalcophaps
Emerald Doves
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Emerald Doves

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

The shimmery green on their back looks different depending on how the light hits it – it's magical!

Their nests are so simple, sometimes just a few twigs, that you can see the eggs right through them!

These shy doves are one of the few birds that drink water by sucking it up like a straw!

When they fly, their wings flash with brilliant emerald green, like living jewels in the sunlight!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Forest Camouflage

Emerald Doves have stunning iridescent green feathers that help them blend perfectly into the dense forest canopy, making them almost invisible.

Fähigkeit

Swift Evasion

Emerald Doves can take off extremely quickly and fly agilely through thick foliage, helping them escape predators in a flash.

Fähigkeit

Ground Gourmet

Emerald Doves possess keen eyesight and foraging skills that help them find tiny seeds and fallen fruits on the dark forest floor.

Maße und Details

Länge
23-27 cm
Flügelspannweite
45-50 cm
Gewicht
0.1-0.2 kg
Lebenserwartung
8-15 Jahre
Top Speed
60 km/h
Gelegegröße
1-2
Brutzeit
14-17 Tage
Zugstrecke
0 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These beautiful doves love to munch on fallen fruits, seeds, and small insects they find on the ground.

Hauptnahrung

  • Fallen fruits
  • Seeds
  • Berries
  • Termites
  • Ants
  • Small snails

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Brown Goshawk

Accipiter fasciatus

Hunts doves in forests.

eaten by

Reticulated Python

Malayopython reticulatus

A large snake that preys on ground birds.

eats

Cluster Fig

Ficus racemosa

Eats its ripe fallen fruits.

eats

Parasol Leaf Tree

Macaranga tanarius

Eats seeds and fruits.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Green Dove

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Emerald Doves?

23-27 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Emerald Doves?

45-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Emerald Doves?

0.1-0.2 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Emerald Doves?

8-15 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Emerald Doves?

60 km/h

Was frisst Emerald Doves?

These beautiful doves love to munch on fallen fruits, seeds, and small insects they find on the ground.

Wo findet man Emerald Doves normalerweise?

Tropical forests

Wie jagt Emerald Doves?

Foraging

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