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.

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Dove Pictures

Dove Pictures

Dove Pictures

Dove Pictures