#1299 · 🐦 birds

Spotted Dove

🇳🇱 Parelhalstortel ·Spilopelia chinensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The spotted dove or eastern spotted dove ( Spilopelia chinensis ) is a small and somewhat long-tailed pigeon that is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian subcontinent and in East and Southeast Asia. The species has been introduced to many parts of the world and feral populations have become established.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 64,418iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).