Choosing Doves

zebra doves

Fans of doves would choose to be maintained with a specific purpose. There are to be enjoyed his voice, but some are associated with the "confidence" of the influence of the power of "magic" of birds with certain characteristics. In the past people choose doves always be noticed on the side of 'trust'.

While determining whether or not the bird with assessing new voice can be done when the doves had not "young" again, but grown. In olden days the birds were taken from the wild carried by hunters who have advanced, so that birds captured turtledove only qualified relative size, either to maintain or voice.

zebra doves

Meanwhile, people who are experts on bird zebra doves assist fans in choosing. Due to the development of society, economics, science, commerce, and others. Led to the capture of wild birds is no longer done by people who are experts, but by ordinary people. On the other hand, an expert on birds diminished in number. As a result, the stock of birds in the wild thinning, even if not necessarily qualify maintained quality. As a result of frequent contests with the basics jury only on art.

To select the correct doves birds there are two ways:

a. Choosing young doves are not voiced. How to choose a bird that cannot participate in the contest is to watch for signs ready for mating. With these signs can be expected that the young doves of the future will be able to produce a good sound, with a note that the required maintenance treatment persistence intake (food, vitamins, minerals, health care and training).

b. Choosing doves who already reads. In addition to seeing the signs ready to mate can also be considered sound. Sound judgment based turtledove common way recognized by the community.

Bird Species Turtledove

dove species

Doves live in the area between southern China to Australia, between Madagascar (east coast of Africa) to Hawaii. Living in pairs, clusters, sometimes there are alone. As grain-eating birds of the grass, the birds are usually down to the open ground, fields, gardens, and even yard in search of food. Areas for foraging generally in lowland open and many receive sunlight.

Can fly fast for a short distance and far. Booms varied. Sexual maturity around the age of 6 months. In the wild spawning season around april-june, in a sense can also spawn in other months. Shape flat nest, made of twigs, dried grasses, feathers, and others. Usually nests placed on trees that are not too high, often also in shrubs or bushes.

The eggs are white, oval shape with edges were almost as large. The number of eggs of two grains. Incubating the eggs together, alternating between male and female. The eggs hatch about two weeks. Chicks hatch, not hairy and eyes closed. Fed and in foster care by the mother until weaning period around the age of one month.

Note Biological Doves

dove species

This bird species have no oil glands on the tail. Liver bird consists of two lobes, the largest lobe on the right. There are no gallbladder in his heart. Appendix experience rudimeters and does not function in the digestive process. Large cache pockets and consists of 2 parts. Epithelial cells cache wall serves as a producer of "pigeon milk" at the beginning of their eggs hatched.

The shape of the cache is helpful to gather food for themselves and their children to feed. Signs pointing to her outer genitals "less visible" so as to hold the check sexes must be considered carefully comparisons body shape, behavior and voice. Voice of the species generated by sound membranes (syrinx) located at the end of the back of the throat. This thin membrane called the sound and vibration tympaniformes membrane is regulated by muscle and musculus musculus strenatrachealis ypsilotrachealis. His tone is set by the air bag, especially by saccus clavicularis and cervical saccus.

Dove Pictures

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Dove Pictures

In various parts of the world and guardian of zebra dove fans quite a lot and have been there since hundreds of years ago. Formerly the zebra dove maintains specifically for the unique voice heard.

When zebra dove now not only be heard for personal use, but has grown to be competed in the contest (with prizes of interest, pride and the rising price of zebra dove winner). Even further evolved into birds that breed in the form of farms and nurseries.

Increasing number of fans and maintainer doves, both for the maintenance of one or more personal interest to the form of farms and nurseries are caused by several factors, among others:

• Sound zebra dove is considered beautiful and not boring.
• Easily maintained, is not easy to death or disease.
• The food is readily available and simple.
• Zebra dove can be long-lived.
• Prices are relatively high, especially good quality.
• Easy farmed, many breeders doves proved successful.
• Due to the effect of depletion of the stock doves in the wild and trade ban zebra dove from the catch.
• The flood zebra dove of those bred from Thailand.
• In terms of the economy and the preservation of endangered animals, and efforts to cope.

Geopelia striata or called zebra dove

The characteristics of zebra dove:

• Body length: 20-25cm adult males, adult females 15-20cm.
• The basic color is gray brown fur with variations: feather head and back gray brown. Fur forehead, chin up cache colored light gray. Center of the chest hairy pink color. Fur opaque white abdomen. Bottom white tail feathers. The whole fur is brown gray with black stripes, striped like a zebra striped, so the bird is also known by the name "zebra dove".
• The color of the skin around the eyes varies, generally bluish, white iris.
• Color bluish gray beak or its variations.
• Color foot skin (scales) are generally dark brown.
• The shape of the head: varies.
• At the base of the beak there is a large nose, a characteristic bird pigeon family. And because zebra dove looking for food on the ground, he called also barred ground dove or turtle dove.

Specific characteristics that indicate the origin of a turtledove that distinguish areas of the same type in other areas. The difference is probably as a result of the persistent influence in terms of food, environment, weather, minerals in the soil are different from each other in their respective regions. It may be due to hereditary factors, and others.

Here is the dove pictures

Dove Pictures

Dove Pictures

Dove Pictures

Dove Pictures