SPOTTED DOVE

Photographed at Miranda, June 2017

(*   50)                    SPOTTED DOVE                  Streptopelia chinensis 

NEW ZEALAND               41

Found in suburban parks, gardens, farmland and orchards. 30 cm. Asian introduction; locally common around Auckland, South Auckland and near Te Puke and Opotiki.

SPOTTED DOVE

Photographed on Langkawi, March 2017

(*   50)             SPOTTED DOVE               Streptopelia chinensis 

MALAYSIA                 16

inhabits open country, scrub, plantations, gardens and villages. 30 cm. Common resident inn Malaysia.

SPOTTED DOVE

Subspecies Ceylonensis, photographed March 2017

(*  50)               SPOTTED DOVE                      Stigmatopelia chinensis

SRI LANKA              14

Found in cultivation, gardens and open forest, avoids interior of dense wet forests. 30 cm. Very common breeding resident throughout country but avoids tops of hills. 

SPOTTED DOVE

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(* 50)                   SPOTTED DOVE                       Stigmatopelia chinensis

NEPAL                   43

Found near cultivation, habitation and open forest. 30 cm. Common and widespread resident.

SPOTTED DOVE

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see   50)              SPOTTED DOVE                Spilopelia chinensis

SINGAPORE        (11)      

Very common resident of secondary scrub, mangrove edges, old plantations, grasslands, parkland and urban areas. 30 cm. Distribution: Indian sub-continent, S and E China across mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas and Palawan; widely introduced worldwide.

SPOTTED DOVE

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016

(see  50)              SPOTTED DOVE              Streptopelia chinensis

INDONESIA (Bali)         (2)

Also known as Chinese Turtle-dove, Indian Turtle-dove and Spotted Turtle-dove. 30 cm. Found in all types of cleared areas, dry woodlands, cultivation and urban areas. Range across oriental regions, introduced to Australia, Hawaii, and Fili; common through Sundra region and introduced or expanded to Eastern Indonesia.

SPOTTED TURTLE-DOVE

Photographed in suburban Sydney.

50        SPOTTED TURTLE-DOVE            Streptopelia chinensis

Australia    (50)

Also known as Chinese or Indian turtle-dove, or Spotted dove. 28-32 cm. Introduced into Australia in 1860s. Ranges down the east coast of the mainland from Cooktown to Adelaide, Pockets in WA and Tasmania. Found inn urban areas, around farms, wheat silos, agricultural lands and open woodland.