Species:

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

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Length (cm):
48-56
26-28
Wingspan (cm):
115-130
47-53
Weight (gram):
405-800
100-180
Size group:
Crow-size
Crow-size
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Appearance:

Male; brown body, light grey wings with black tips, and brown coverts. Unmarked light grey tail. Female; dark brown with light brown wing-coverts, crown and throat. Tail warm brown and unmarked. Juveniles dark, chocolate-brown, with light buff crown and throat. Young males may show characters of both sexes. Tail fairly long and unforked. Glides with wings raised in shallow V.

Sound:

Call: A sharp "kwii-uuu" of about a seconds length, rapidly ascending in pitch, and ending on a falling tone.

Contact call:

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Distribution:

Wikipedia: map (se also Xeno-canto below)

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

Video IBC

Image search Flickr NB! May give other species

Sound search at Xeno-canto

Featherbase

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Sounds:Recorded by Jarek Matusiak,http://www.xeno-canto.org ,CC license

Appearance:

A small pigeon with barred neck-patch. Coverts and scapulars are dark with orangy-brown edges, giving the back a distinct scaly pattern. Neck and chest pink-grey, and belly white. In flight, the dark tail with contrasting, broad white band, is conspicuous in all plumages. Underside of wings grey, as opposed to Collared Dove. Upperside tri-coloured in black, grey and orangy-brown. Adults differs from Oriental Turtle Dove in having grey hind-neck and broader red-brown edges on coverts. Juveniles are drab, pale buff, and lacks the neck-patch.

Sound:

Song: a deep, rolling, and slightly ascending cooing; "trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr trrr-trrrr" with variations in rhythm. Sometimes birds sticks to a phrase, but phrases varies between individuals.

Song:

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Distribution:

Xeno-canto: map

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

Video IBC

Image search Flickr NB! May give other species

Sound search at Xeno-canto

Featherbase

CC

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