Barred Dove

Taxobox
name = Barred Dove
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_width = 200 px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Geopelia"
species = "G. maugei"
binomial = "Geopelia maugei"
binomial_authority = (Temminck, 1809)

The Barred Dove, ("Geopelia maugei") is a small dove which is native and endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is closely related to the Zebra Dove of southeast Asia and the Peaceful Dove of Australia and New Guinea.

It inhabits scrub, cultivated land and woodland edges in lowland areas. The Barred Dove is found on Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Timor, the Tanimbar Islands, the Kei Islands and other smaller islands.

The Barred Dove is similar to the Zebra Dove in appearance but has bare yellow skin around the eye and black-and-white barring which extends right across the breast and belly.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
* Morten Strange (2001), "A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia", Christopher Helm, London, ISBN 0-7136-6404-5

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2549&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=676893 ITIS report for "Geopelia maugei"]