Black-billed Wood Dove

This species is abundant in near desert, scrub and savannah. It builds a stick nest in a tree, often an acacia, and lays two cream-coloured eggs. Its flight is quick, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general, and it tends to stay quite low.

The Black-billed Wood Dove is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

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The Black-billed Wood Dove (Turtur abyssinicus) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in a belt across Africa just south of the Sahara Desert. This species is abundant in near desert, scrub and savannah. It builds a stick nest in a tree, often an acacia, and lays two cream-coloured eggs. Its flight is quick, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general, and it tends to stay quite low. More

Black-billed Wood Dove is a small plump pigeon, typically 20cm in length. Its back, hindneck, wings and tail are pale grey brown, and the folded wings have dark metallic patches. There are two blackish bands on the back. The forehead, crown and nape are bluish grey, fading to whitish on the face. The underparts are pinkish, becoming whiter on the belly. The bill of this dove is, of course, black. When flying, Black-billed Wood Dove shows chestnut in the underwing. More

Black-billed Wood Doves eat grass and other small seeds. They are quite terrestrial, and usually forage on the ground. They are not very gregarious, but form large flocks at waterholes. > Blue Ground Dove Turkish Van Turkish Van The Turkish Van (Turkish: Van Kedisi) (also known as the ... Fancy Rats Fancy rats are unlike your normal rats that you see in pet ... More

Black-billed Wood Dove (Turtur abyssinicus) by Mike Nelson from Ghana XC45529 :: Black-billed Wood Dove (Turtur abyssinicus) = Recording data Recordist Mike Nelson Date 02-03-10 Time 3:45pm Country Ghana Location Winneba Plains, Ghana Longitude not specified Latitude not More

The Black-billed Wood Dove (Turtur abyssinicus) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in a belt across Africa just south of the Sahara Desert. More