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Identificazione

The Sunda collared dove is a small to medium-sized bird which has a light, rosy hue around the neck and chest area, fading into the underside of the bird which consists of a light caramel color, into a shade of cream at the base (start) of the tail. The start of the wings have a light grey tone, protruding to a steely grey hue near the end of the wing, all the way to the tip of the tail. The tail feathers under the bird are 'eggshell' white in colour.<p>The birds tail consists of few layers from creamy colored to an ashen grey. The eye is quite rounded like that of most pigeons and doves. The eye color is a shade of orange caramel. The main distinguishing feature is a dusty black band that covers half the bird's neck. A white highlight can be seen above the band.<p>The Philippine collared dove was once considered a subspecies, together known as the island collared dove.

Tassonomia

Nome scientifico

Streptopelia bitorquata

Autorità

(Temminck, 1809)

Ordine

Columbiformi

Famiglia

Columbidae

Genere

Streptopelia

Areale e habitat

This species distribution occurs from Java and Bali, through to Komodo, Lombok, Sumbawa, Timor and Flores, Solor and, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.<p>Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

Migrazione

Resident species

Conservazione

Tendenza della popolazione

declining