Streptopelia chinensis (Spotted Dove)
Streptopelia chinensis – Spotted Dove (click to enlarge)
Spotted Dove (click to enlarge)
| Common name | Spotted Dove |
| Scientific name | Streptopelia chinensis |
| Family | Columbidae (Doves & Pigeons) |
| Description | The dove has white –spotted, pinkish-brown and grey upperparts, and white chessboard image on its hind neck—leading clue to its identify. The sexes are alike. The dove stays in pairs or parties, in open wooded country, cart tracks, etc—affects open well-wooded and cultivated country; and avoids arid tracts. It becomes quite tame and confiding if unmolested, freely entering gardens and verandas of bungalows. Flights as of other doves, is swift and strong, attained by vigorous wing strokes. |