Merpati dan tekukur (Pigeons & Doves)
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata
- tidak umum
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Africa's largest collared dove, with a burning red eye ring. Its call repeats all day: I am a red-eyed dove.
- Populasi
- Global population size unquantified; described as common to abundant across most of its range, with a suspected slight decline (population trend: decreasing; suspected 1-19% decrease over three generations)
- Habitat
- Woodland, savanna, riverine forest, forest edge, and alien tree plantations (pine, eucalyptus, rooikrans, Port Jackson willow); avoids arid desert and dense rainforest interior; adapts well to agricultural land and human-altered/urban landscapes; occurs from sea level up to ~2,530 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- The Red-eyed Dove is the largest and stockiest of Africa's "ringneck" doves, identifiable by its dark red eye ringed with red skin and a black half-collar on the nape.
- Sebaran
- Sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal and Sudan south to South Africa), plus parts of the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia) and Yemen; extent of occurrence ~26,000,000 km² across 45+ countries/territories
- Makanan
- Primarily ground-foraging granivore: grass seeds, cultivated grains (sorghum, maize, millet), wild acacia and other wild seeds, plus flowers, nuts, and fallen fruit (e.g. mulberry, pigeonwood); occasionally invertebrates such as termite alates and millipedes
- Ukuran
- 0,3 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,6 m
- Masa hidup
- 3 tahun
