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Streptopelia roseogrisea
The African Collared-Dove is a gentle bird with a soft cooing sound. It has a beautiful grayish color and a distinctive black 'collar' around its neck. These doves are often seen in pairs, making them lovely companions in the sky.
Habitat: Urban areas
The African Collared-Dove is a slender bird, pale grey-brown overall with a distinctive narrow black collar on its hindneck. Its head is a lighter grey, and its underside has pinkish tones, contrasting with darker flight feathers.
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Category
BirdsRarity
Common
Danger
1/5 · Very low
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Often found near human settlements, they're very comfortable with people!
Their soft 'coo-COO-coo' call is distinctive in their African habitats!
These doves are unique for drinking water without ever tilting their heads!
They build incredibly flimsy nests, often just a few twigs!
African Collared-Doves can drink water by sucking it up like a straw, unlike most birds that scoop and tilt their heads.
African Collared-Doves can raise multiple broods in a year, which helps their populations thrive quickly.
African Collared-Doves possess an innate ability to navigate vast distances using the sun's position.
These doves mainly eat various seeds and grains found on the ground, sometimes small fruits.
Feathered describes animals, primarily birds, possessing a covering of feathers.
Social animals live in organized groups, cooperating for survival benefits such as foraging, defense, and raising offspring.
Singing animals produce complex vocalizations, often for purposes of attracting mates, defending territory, or communicating within their species.
Gliding animals move through the air by launching themselves and maintaining flight with specialized body structures, without flapping wings.
This trait characterizes organisms whose diet consists entirely or primarily of plant material.
Diurnal animals are primarily active during daylight hours, typically resting or sleeping at night.
This habitat trait indicates species that can coexist with humans in urban and suburban environments, utilizing man-made structures and green spaces.
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Danger
1/5 · Very low
Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.
25-28 cm
40-45 cm
0.12-0.16 kg
5-10 years
60 km/h
These doves mainly eat various seeds and grains found on the ground, sometimes small fruits.
Urban areas
Foraging
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