
Namaqua Dove
Farmlands. Light brown above with purple wing-spots; light brown breast; underparts whitish; legs maroon-red

Farmlands. Light brown above with purple wing-spots; light brown breast; underparts whitish; legs maroon-red

Desert. Longer, pointed tail than other sandgrouse; female has dense barring all over, apart from throat and underbelly. Both sexes have ochre heads and flock at waterholes mainly in morning.

Rocky koppies, dry gullies. Whitish cap; white vent and shoulders; rest black

Riverine woodland. A grey-headed, yellow-eyed dove with a black hindcollar.

Woodland. Above metallic blue; throat, upper breast and underwings white; rest of underbody deep orange.

Mountain streams. Very long tail; below white with a narrow black breast-band.

Grasslands. Above grey; wings with central black bars; broad black primaries. Chest grey; belly and underwings white, streaked rufous.

Rocky regions. Above dark brown to breast; wings with white spots; secondaries and outer tail feathers white; lower breast to vent white; bill red.


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