Adamaua turtledove

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Adamaua turtledove
Adamaua turtledove

Adamaua turtledove

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Pigeon birds (Columbiformes)
Family : Pigeons (Columbidae)
Genre : Lovebirds ( streptopelia )
Type : Adamaua turtledove
Scientific name
Streptopelia hypopyrrha
( Reichenow , 1910)

The Adamawa Turtle Dove ( Streptopelia hypopyrrha ) is a pigeon bird , of the turtledoves is expected. It only occurs in Africa.

The species status of the Adamaua turtle dove has long been controversial. It was classified as a subspecies of the weeping turtle dove .

Appearance

The Adamaua turtle dove reaches a body length of 28 centimeters and thus corresponds approximately to the size of a laughing dove . The gender dimorphism is only slightly pronounced. The females are only slightly more dull in color than the males.

The head and neck are dark blue-gray. The sides of the neck have black spots. The upper chest is grayish blue. The underbust as well as the belly are strong reddish brown. The back is dark brown-gray. Almost all body feathers are brightly lined. The wings of the hand are dark. The beak is dark gray and has a lighter tip. The iris is orange. The bare eye ring is purple.

distribution and habitat

The Adamaua turtle dove occurs only on the high plateaus of Bauchi in Nigeria , Ngaoundéré in Cameroon and in the southwest of Chad . It lives in the forest, but also occurs in open regions that are only loosely overgrown with trees. It also populates cultivated land if there is still a tree population.

behavior

Like all lovebirds, the Adamaua turtledove mostly lives on seeds that it looks for on the ground. The nest is built in trees or bushes. The clutch consists of two eggs.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rösler, p. 116

literature

  • Gerhard Rösler: The wild pigeons of the earth - free life, keeping and breeding , Verlag M. & H. Schaper, Alfeld-Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7944-0184-0 .

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