What is the turtle dove?
Turtle Dove is a member of the same family as pigeons, but has a longer neck and a more charming look than its mostly undesirable cousins. In the wild, the turtle dove is originally from areas around the Mediterranean, including North Africa, Southern Europe and the western part of Asia. Like many birds, the turtle dove in more southern climate and is heading to Africa in the autumn.
This slim bird has a gray blue head that is smaller than the heads of other pigeon family members. The males have a blue top, black feathers on the back of the neck, and their bodies are reddish -brown, with a gray tail tilt white. The turtle turtle and young people from both sexes have similar color and patterns, but lack the brilliance of adult male feathers.
Like other pigeons and dove, the turtle has a direct account they use to suck water, unlike other birds who tend to sip and tilt their heads back to drink. They are foragers and find most of the fruit and seeds that make up their diet on zEMI. These residents of warm weather forage during the morning and evening hours and during the hot noon will move.
Turtle Doves are monogamous, and after they have gained further affection by dancing, dancing, Coong's courtship, which may last for days, they remain with each other throughout their lives. Men choose nesting areas, usually in hedges or protected wooded areas. The female builds the nest before laying two blue-white eggs. The couple then alternate and puts on the eggs and takes care of the young until they can leave the nest.
variety called Ringed Turtle Dove has long been domesticated for captivity. Generally paler than his wild cousins, a turtle dove, is usually extremely light brown, with a darker, spotted back. The name comes from the ring of black feathers through the back neck.
Horning Turtle Dove is easy to tame and most of them have no congenital fear of larger animals. They share many of the sameCharacteristics such as a wild turtle dove, including their unique method of drinking and their habits on the spot instead of running when they were seen by predatory birds such as Hawks. This captured turtle variety, also known as Barbara Dove and Ringdove, also feed the seeds on the ground. They can easily escape into the countryside, but generally not resistant to survive themselves.