Streptopelia tranquebarica humilis

(Temminck, 1824)

Vernacular names
English : Red collared-dove
French : Tourterelle à tête grise

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Columbiformes
Family : Columbidae
Notes : 1 other subspecies known

Identification
Small dove growing to 23 cm for 104 g in weight. Female beige-brown with darker wings, each feathers with pale edge. Male has light grey head and rump, black tail, mauve-pink to red-brown wings and breast. Darker subspecies.

Range and habitat
This subspecies occurs from north-east India to east China and Taiwan, south to Philippines and south Thailand. Species also found in Peninsular India. Lives in open country with trees, scrub, dry woodlands, up to 1300 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species is common to locally abundant and has been successfully introduced on Sulawesi island in recent years.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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