Also Ringneck Dove , Ring Dove (10); Sacred White Dove, Java Dove (11).
Gentle natured and monogamous, the Barbary Dove exists only in domesticity as they have done for 3000 years (10). They are not a homing bird (10).
Barbary Doves appear in an assortment of colours, mostly due to specialised breeding. Barbary Doves that are white, as seen in this stamp, carry a mutation (10).
The coo of the Barbary Dove is created by muscles that vibrate air sent up from the dove's lungs. These muscles contract ten times faster than muscles that vertebrates use for running. Barbary Doves are the first bird species found to have this class of muscle (12).
The dove is traditionally the symbol of the life spirit; the soul; the passing of one state or world to another; longevity; the spirit of light; chastity; innocence; gentleness; peace; femininity; maternity (13).
The dove and the olive first appeared together in the biblical story of Noah and the Ark (14). The motif was used by early Christians as a peace symbol and became current in the 18th century (14). It was popularised by Pablo Picasso's lithograph for the 1949 International Peace Congress (14).
The white dove with the olive branch is also a symbol of the renewal of life and is the emblem of Athene (13).
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