Also known as the Rufous Turtle-Dove (1). This one, here featured on a Japanese stamp, is likely to be the Oriental Turtle-Dove that appears in the open woodlands of central Asia, known as Streptopelia orientalis meena (1).
One of the smallest and slightest species of dove, Streptopelia orientalis is described as having relaxed and direct flight (1).
Oriental Turtle-Doves lay two white eggs in a twig nest in a tree (1).
Like all birds of the Columbidae family, the Oriental Turtle-Dove is monogamous (2).
The call of the Oriental Turtle-Dove is described as a four-syllable her-her-oo-oo (1).
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