The spotted doves (Spilopelia chinensis) also known as ‘spotted turtle doves’ are natives of tropical southern Asia, and are most recognizable by their black patch and white spots at the back of their neck. It is a small and quite long-tailed pigeon that is a common resident breeding bird in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, throughout its native range. The species was introduced to many parts of the world, and feral communities have established themselves. They are mainly light brown on their sides, with darker centers on their back and wings in their feathers. Their head is gray, and gray-brown, tinged with pink, their neck, and underparts. Their white-tipped tail is clearly seen on riding. The plumage is similar for males and females. Young seems like the adults, but rather than a black and white collar they need a mostly dark gray one. there’s another, closely related dove that has been introduced to Australia the Laughing Dove, S. senegalensis, found within the south-western corner of Western Australia. It’s slightly smaller, measuring around 25 cm to 27 cm. The Laughing Dove also lacks the black and white-collar, instead of having a black and copper-brown patch on the bottom of the throat.
The Spotted Dove builds its nest from some fine twigs. It’s so frail that the eggs are often visible from below, and that they often fall out. Being so precarious, it seems the eggs must seldom hatch successfully and nestlings seldom survive to fledge, but this can be not so. This species was formerly included within the genus Streptopelia with other turtle-doves, but studies suggest that they differ from typical members of that genus. This dove is a long-tailed buff-brown with a white-spotted black collar patch on the rear and sides of the neck. The tail tips are white, and there are light buff spots on the wing coverts. The mountain dove, the pearl-necked dove, the lace-necked dove, and the spotted turtle-dove are also named. Spotted doves are diffused widely. Its native area is southern Asia, from Sri Lanka and India, east to south China, and southwest Asia. they need been introduced to u. s., within the California area (Los Angeles), furthermore as Australia, Indonesia, and New Zealand. All told these areas, their range is expanding. Spotted doves move around in pairs or small groups as they forage on the bottom for grass seeds, grains, fallen fruits and seeds of other plants. They however take insects occasionally and are recorded feeding on winged termites. The flight is quick with regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings. The Spotted Dove is frequently found near human dwelling, and they live in mountains, open woods, and fields, villages, residential areas, and gardens. They don’t live in dense woodlands. The vocalizations of the spotted dove include cooing softly with a Krookruk-krukroo… kroo kroo kroo with the number of terminal kroos varying in the Indian population and absent in tigrina, chinensis and other populations to the east. The spotted dove rises rapidly when disturbed, and heads for leafy cover. This species does not migrate but instead conducts some dispersion to colonize other suitable areas.
