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יקלח ראש ,םירפרפא ראוצו םינפ הבקנל ,םינוש הבקנהו רכזה .גרודמהו ךוראה ובנזב רכינ ,ונצרא ירות ןיב ןידעהו ןטקה :תינתבנז תירות .םירוחש והזח לש ןוילעה וקלחו ונורג ,וייחל ,וחצמ רכזה וליאו ,הנוחג ןכו םיריהב םירפרפא םימוח םינוילעה הפוג .רופא-לגלגס עבצב ףושח רוע ןיעה ביבסמ ,ההכ םוח ןיעה תיתשק .הנבל ןטבהו םילחלחכ םירפרפא םינוילעה ופוג יקלח ראש .תולוגס-תומודא םילגרה .םותכ והצקו םודא רוקמה .םידדוב םיצעו ,םיחיש ,בשע םיוולמ .םישביו םיילוח ,םיחותפ םירוזא ,תונווס הלודיג תיב .הנורחאל ץראב המלקאתהש הארנ ,תליא דיל הברעב הרידנו הביצי ץראב 12 'ב םירישה ריש ... ונצראב עמשנ רותה לוקו ... | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
O. c. capensis sub Saharan Africa, Socotra and Arabia, recently established in Israel. O. c. aliena Madagascar. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.Unmistakable dove. The smallest dove in the Middle East. 28 cm, 30-54 g, wingspan 30-32 cm.Forehead, face, throat and front of breast black with narrow greyish white border. Rest of head, sides of neck and breast, and most wing coverts bluish grey. Hindneck, mantle, inner wing coverts, scapulars and inner secondaries light fawn to brown. Iridescent 2-5 purple or dark blue spots on wings. Back and rump dull drab brownish, lower back with horizontal pale band bordered by two black bands. underwing black and chestnut, long central tail feathers dull silver grey at base becoming black towards tip. Female has color pattern similar to Blue-spotted, Emerald-spotted and Black-billed Wood-dove. Race aliena smaller, darker and greyer. Habitat.Open areas suc as acacia savanna and thornfield, notablyin sandy areas, also grassland with bushes, open areas in riparian situations and cultivated areas, avoids forest.Found in tropical and subtropical lowlands, up to 1500 m. Food and FeedingDiet mainly based on herb seeds, often wind-borne and small grass. Rarely takes invertebrates such as insects and snails. Occurs singly, in pairs and, on some occasions, in flocks of hundreds or thousands near water or good food sources.Breeding.All year around in most areas, but in E Africa peaks in dry season or late rainy season. Mar in Arabia, May in Israel and Sep-Mar in Madagascar.Nest is small platform, average 3 m above ground. 2 pale yellow eggs, incubation 13-16 days, by both adults. Movements.Some populations sedentary, but there are seasonal and perhaps even nomadic movements in some areas. Some populations are highly migratory.Populations of Israel, some of Arabia and probably those of SE Egypt mostly move S to winter. In Israel, arrives mid-Mar, most birds moving S to winter in Sep-Oct. Nomadic in Nigeria and elsewhere in W Africa. In Sudan most birds move N to breed during rainy season. Populations of Zanzibar make daily trips to mainland during dry season. Vagrant to Sierra Leone, Burundi, Canary Is, Jordan, E Arabian Peninsula, and doubtfully Syria. Status and ConservationNot globally threatened. Widespread and common throughout much of its extensive range.Israel.In Israel subspecies O. c. capensis. Very rare during winter in Arava Valley, Scarce local breeding summer visitor, and occasional visitor to northern Negev. |
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