Red Collared Dove

Latin Name: 
Streptopelia tranquebarica
Category: 
Size: 
22cm
Description: 

Male: deep ashy-grey head; black hind-neck collar; rich wine-red back; slaty grey-brown lower back, rump and uppertail; whitish tips to all but central tail feathers. Female: much like Eurasian Collared Dove, but smaller size and more brownish colouration distinctive. Solitary, in pairs or small parties; associates with other doves but is less common; feeds on ground, gleaning on harvested croplands; perches and suns on leafless branches and overhead wires.

Habitat: 
cultivation, scrub, deciduous country.
Food: 
grass and other seeds, cereals.
Distribution: 
throughout the area, south of the Himalayan foothills.
Call: 
Call Description: 
quick repeated gru…gurgoo… call, with more stress on first syllable.
National Status: