Dove 5/9 - Emerald Dove

Asian Emerald Dove

Kemensah have been amazing. Jason and I have some lifers here for past 2 weekends. The fruiting fig trees have been the attraction point here.

This a first encounter besides the Little Green Pigeon recently. The dove are found at open tracks feeding on ground especially nearby streams

Almost a footer in length so when its is about 40 ft away a photo like these ones are okay for id. The wings in emerald green and the white forehead and brow is it recognised features. The birds is often trapped by the kampung folks for their meat and this may have caused its population to dwindle......... now it is rarely seen.

                 

Some improve shots of the Emerald Dove in Frasers Hill Pahang taken on 1 October 2017. It was a female bird with its uniform brown head. The male have greyish head do.

DOVE 7/9 - Red-collared dove aka Red Turtle Dove

Red Collared Dove


Running thru some of my old pictures and walla a lifer of a dove. Nothing fantastic. Red-collared Dove is specific to a locale. In peninsula it is more commonly seen in northern part Chuping-Jitra flat lands, coastal side of Johor and Melaka.

This species of dove, with a round body and short tail, measures 23 centimetres. Males have a black bill, grey head with a dark stripe on the back of the neck, red-brown body, black wing and tail tips and a pinkish light brown underside.Females are dull brown.

Mating takes place from April to July. Their bulare nests are built on tree branches using twigs. Each clutch usually consists of two white eggs. They are seed and berries eaters.

My new sighting in Batang Tiga Melaka Decmeber 2018

Another find in Langkap PadiField Oct2022

DOVE 6/9 - Little Cuckoo Dove

Little Cuckoo Dove

This dove is not really that small at 29cm or a footer. It is a common dove to see in the many submontane forest in peninsula Malaysia. Apparently there are 8 races of this subspecies Ours is the Malayana.

It's head & nape is cinnamon; neck & upper mantle vaguely glossed green & lilac, some feather shaving dark subterminal bars. Mantle to rump dark brown, very obscurely barred on the mantle. Wing shields blackish brown with broad chestnut fringes. Flight feathers blackish brown. central tail feathers dark brown with bold dark black subterminal band. Throat pale yellow buff, rest of underparts cinnamon shading into chestnut on the undertail coverts, flanks & wing lining. breast tinged vinous & many feathers of the breast & upper belly with broad creamy buff tips giving a mottled appearance. iris greyish white to bluish white. Eye cere dark grey; bill brown at base blackish tip; legs & feet coral red.

 Female: differs from male in the dark chestnut crown is spotted with black mostly on the forehead. Neck yellow buff barred black & lacking iridescence. Wing coverts more broadly fringed chestnut. Ear coverts yellow buff speckled black. Throat pale buff with feathers around it edged blackish. Upper breast feathers pale basally, blackish laterally & subterminally & variably tipped chestnut which gives a mottled appearance. Belly more yellow rufous vaguely barred. Bill blacker than in male; feet & legs duller purplish red. Juvenile: similar to females but having a more barred & mottled appearance.

Nesting: single buff, cream or white egg laid; incubation 12-17 days; fledgling another couple of weeks.

DOVE 3/9 - Barred Cuckoo Dove

 Barred Cuckoo Dove

 

One of the bigger dove of 16 in (41 cm). Long tail and upright stance gives a cuckoo-like appearance. Upper parts barred black with chestnut. Display plumage iridescent green and violet.

A resident but not so common to see in our Malaysian jungle as yet. Their preference is dense broad-leaved forest. Defends fruiting trees by chasing competitors. While displaying, the male inflates his crop so that it reaches the ground, but the rear is held straight. In display, the bird flies up steeply with clapping wings and glides down in a spiral.

The nest is a large platform of twigs in a tree. Lays one egg, slightly glossy or cream-colored, occasionally with a small number of olive-yellow speckles and spots. Incubation 16 days, fledging after 19 days.

DOVE 4/5 - Jambu Fruit Dove

 Jambu Fruit Dove

One of the rare find in TRA Ampang. Sighting record include Merapoh Taman Negara and Wetland Putrajaya.

DOVE 2/9 - Peaceful dove

 Peaceful Dove

Found all over the country at sandy coastal or lakeside and grassland areas as well as suburban roadside. It has a greyish beak and pleated or barred Prize for their singing ability and champion doves can fetch tens of thousand. I rather enjoy their beauty in the wild

It is also known as Zebra Dove because of its barring .........

DOVE 1/9 - Spotted Dove

Spotted dove

It is a common bird of Malaysia . From island to mainland adaptive to human suburbs and garden.

This guy was so tame and cooperative I was just 12ft to it. Larger than the Peaceful Dove.