Stats

Lifespan: 8-15 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Pair
Biome: Tropical grassland
Range: Southeast Asia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Common

About

A small slender dove native to Southeast Asia, named for the distinctive fine black-and-buff barring that covers its neck and breast like a zebra's stripes. It has been widely introduced as a cage bird and now thrives in Hawaii, Australia, and beyond, filling the air with a soft purring coo.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Geopelia
Species: Geopelia striata