Pigeons, Doves

Mourning Collared Dove

Streptopelia decipiens

The Mourning Collared Dove (Streptopelia decipiens) is a 134 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Pigeons, Doves

Order

Columbiformes

Weight

134 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

28

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Gambia, Senegal, Uganda, Botswana, Ethiopia, Namibia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Benin, Malawi, Ghana, Chad, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Somalia, Rwanda, Cameroon, Niger, S. Sudan, Angola, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea-Bissau.

Where to see it: 33rd Street, Amarat (Sudan); Ambassador Hotel (Somalia); Gassi retreat centre (Chad); Niamey, Niger centre / Office (Niger); CCF Somaliland (Somalia).

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist