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Brown overall with a rosy breast and a unique white-spotted black nape patch.
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Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
A common garden bird throughout much of Asia, found in open forests, fields, and parks; introduced to several regions around the world. Often tame and approachable. Plumage shows slight regional variation: western birds have dark centers to wing feathers, lacking in eastern birds. Turtle-doves are larger, have black centers to wing feathers and stripes rather than spots on the neck. Coos loudly and often: “coo-a-roooo”.
It is also called the mountain dove, pearl-necked dove, lace-necked dove, and spotted turtle-dove. They fly from the ground with an explosive flutter and will sometimes glide down to a perch.
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