Talk:Spotted Dove

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I have always grown up with these pigeons around me (Australia), but from observation, the female has a darker (almost like a dusty brown colour) and rounder head than the male. - Frances 8/6/05

I don't know is the Australian form is a different subspecies, or whether what you say is true throughout the range.jimfbleak 05:54, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Why is this page entitled "Spotted Dove"? I think it should be "Spotted Turtle Dove". All my bird books identify the species as that and offer "Spotted Dove" as an alternative name. Frances76 23:57, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

All the Indian bird guides refer to it as merely Spotted Dove. The idea of making common names such as Turtle Dove go along with genera like Streptopelia is a recent fashion. And strangely it is rarely followed for American and English birds such as the Robins, Redwings, Blackbirds etc even if they all belonged to Turdus. Shyamal 10:06, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Leave it as Spotted Dove - that's what it's called throughout its native range, and in Birds Of India - no need for the elitist addition. jimfbleak 15:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

What is the differance between White spotted and the Black Spotted Dove

[edit] Anyone studying these?

A few summers ago I filmed a pair of these who were mating and feeding on my deck in New Zealand. They had some pre-mating rituals, like wing stretching and general preening. Both were attacked by cats while protecting their nest. The scars made them easier to identify. I also have footage of their first few days teaching their chicks to feed before they chased them off. And a couple of territory disputes. If anyone is studying them and is interested in the footage, please contact me and I will arrange to send it to them.

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