I thought this was a Red Turtle Dove ..

[Sylvia Ramos]

Tonji and I see this reddish dove-looking bird in Alabang a lot. I thought they were Red Turtle Doves, until I read I read Romy's remark in Ppaaoolloo's post about the color of the undertail coverts.

Are these the same bird in these 2 sets? What bird is this? The pics were taken at different places in Alabang.

Set A, January 2009, golf course


Set B, February 2009, park

[Eric Patdu]

They are indeed Red-Turtle Doves (Streptopelia tranquebarica). The reddish bird is the male while the other is the female. ;D

[Romy Ocon]

Mar 19, 2009 3:43:02 GMT Eric Patdu said:

They are indeed Red-Turtle Doves (Streptopelia tranquebarica). The reddish bird is the male while the other is the female. ;D

Agree with Eric. Paolo's dove is a different one..... looks like you have many dove species in your village!

[Sylvia Ramos]

Thank you Eric and Romy! How exciting to find out about a new species in the village! Yey!

[eman campos]

Mar 19, 2009 3:43:02 GMT Eric Patdu said:

They are indeed Red-Turtle Doves (Streptopelia tranquebarica). The reddish bird is the male while the other is the female. ;D

Eric,

May I ask why are these called Turtle Doves?

Why the word "turtle"?

[Eric Patdu]

I'm not very sure of the etymology of the name of the turtle dove but I can only guess that it is probably a dissimilation of the Latin name turtur (turtle-dove), which is based on its call.

Let's wait from the ornithologists that are also members of this forum. They might be able to give a better explanation.

[eman campos]

same explanation from the Internet;

www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/610486/turtledove

The use of the term turtle in this pigeon’s common name is derived from the sound of its call; the bird has no association with shelled reptiles.

thanks very much

[Lydia Robledo]

Apr 22, 2009 16:25:54 GMT eman campos said:

same explanation from the Internet;

www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/610486/turtledove

The use of the term turtle in this pigeon’s common name is derived from the sound of its call; the bird has no association with shelled reptiles.

thanks very much[/quote

Yeah, it is because of the purr ... purrr, sound, and it says in one article I read that it would sound kinda weird if it was named purtle dove... turtle dove sounds better, but turr... turrr... is kinda weird naman. There has to be a better reason.

tely:Ds

[eman campos]

it really puzzled me the first time i heard the name and why the hell it was called that way.

now, at least we got an explanation.

thanks as well, Ms. Butterfly Princess.