Stats

Lifespan: 10-15 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: Asia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Common

About

A plump, medium-sized dove found across Asia, instantly recognisable by the black-and-white checkered patch on either side of its neck. It forages quietly on the ground for grain and seeds, often vanishing into dense undergrowth at the slightest disturbance.

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: Streptopelia
Species: Streptopelia orientalis