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The Palm Dove, also
known as the Senegal Dove, Laughing Dove and Egyptian Turtle Dove,
is as its names suggest a native of north and west Africa. The ones photographed here were all on north Tenerife, Canary Islands, in 2005 and 2007, although no list of bird species for Tenerife that I can find lists the breed as present. A small look-alike dove in Asia known as the Indian Little Brown Dove is said by some sources to be a separate species (but with so many English and Latin names in use, it is not clear). |
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| The male dove swells out his chest while making the "laughing" sound | ||
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| The male bird has a wider blue-grey wing border than the female | ||
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| It is a medium-sized dove, larger than the Turtle Dove (see above) | ||
Links:
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![]() Collared Dove |
![]() Spotted Dove |
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