Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata

Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata

Red-eyed Dove, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image

Ghana and Ethiopia

The Red-eyed Dove is distributed in Africa south of the Sahara and in the south-west of the Arabian Peninsula. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in dense woodland, thickets near water, farms, parks and gardens. It requires to be near trees and water.

Note the dark band across the central tail.

Its call is a series of six short coos with the emphasis on the fifth.

Red-eyed Dove, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

Red-eyed Dove, Lake Langano, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

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