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Streptopelia chinensis chinensis - Spotted Dove

Main features: Medium (30cm), a black patch with white spots on the back of the neck; upper parts brown, broadly streaked with black; head and breast pinkish grey to white on belly; bill black; feet red.Call: Described as a low coo-croo-coo; soft te-croo-croo; three note coo-coo-croo with emphasis on last note. In flight: Pale brown wing coverts contrast with dark flight feathers and whitish bend of wing. As it flies, it spreads its long tail displaying the white tips.

http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Streptopelia_chinensis.htm

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