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Bird name:

Zebra Dove

Geopelia striata

Order

COLUMBIFORMES

Family

Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Code 4

ZEBD

Code 6

GEOSTR

ITIS

177196

Breeding Location:

Grassland with scattered trees, Urban, Bushes and shrubs



Breeding Type:

Monogamous



Breeding Population:

Abundant



Egg Color:

White



Number of Eggs:

1 - 2



Incubation Days:

13 - 18



Egg Incubator:

Both sexes



Nest Material:

Twigs, leaves, and grass



Migration:

Nonmigratory



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General

Zebra Dove: Native to Asia. Upperparts are brown-gray with black barring. Underparts are pink to buff with fine black and white bars on the sides of the neck, breast, and belly. Outer tail feathers white-edged. Blue-gray face with blue skin around the bill and eye. Sexes are similar. Juveniles are darker with brown mottled upperparts, brown underparts.

Range and Habitat

Zebra Dove: Found on all the main Hawaiian islands. It inhabits open country, scrub, farmland and forests, and is also common in parks and gardens. Native to Asia.

Breeding and Nesting

Zebra Dove: One or two white eggs are laid in a flimsy platform nest constructed of twigs and fibers in a small tree, palm, or bush. Both parents incubate eggs for 13 to 18 days. Chicks fledge 14 to 17 days after hatching.

Foraging and Feeding

Zebra Dove: Forages alone or in pairs on roads, bare ground, and short grass. Feeds on small grass and weed seeds, as well as insects and other small invertebrates.

Readily Eats

Bread Products, Seeds

Vocalization

Zebra Dove: Utters a series of "coos"

Similar Species

Zebra Dove: Spotted and Mourning Doves are larger and lack the barred plumage. Spotted Dove shows black band with white spotting on hindneck. Mourning Dove has black spots on wing coverts.

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UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
BellyX
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BreastX
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FaceX
The front part of the head consisting of the bill, eyes, cheeks and chin.
Outer tail feathersX
The tail feathers farthest from the center.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

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Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

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To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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