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Family pigeon Of columbidae |
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Usual turtle dove Streptopelia of turtur (Linnaeus, of 1758) Name of view of other languages
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Field signs. It is noticeably less than the dove-coloured pigeon. The predominant painting reddish, on the spin and the top is wing - red, head in essence dove-coloured, wine- pink and dove-coloured attack on the breast. From show blue it is characterized by more elegant build, reddish painting, rounded by tail with the white edges, that one can see well in flight. Along the sides of neck mirror from the alternation of black and white strips. Similarity to the large turtle dove is very great, usual should be distinguished by the predominance red on the spin and upper covering it is wing: usual turtle dove appears from above the red with the dark speckles (large is produced the impression of dark, with the scaly red figure). Males are somewhat larger than females, they are not characterized by painting. Young are painted more single-tone, there is no pink nuance on the breast, mirror on the neck, foot brown, eye brown (in adult - orange). Weight 100-210 g, the length of 26-30 cm, wing 16,0-18,5 cm, the spread of 47-55 cm ([Ryabitsev], 2002). Cooing male - the drawn-out [urchashchie] sounds, monotonically repeated several times in a row: [turrrrrrr], [turrrrrrr] or stage -[turrrr], stage -[turrrr] . They take off, strongly flapping down by wings ([Ryabitsev], 2002).
The area of form in West Siberia reaches the regions of Kurgan, Omsk, east the northern boundary of area displaces to the south to the foothills of the Altai ([Stepanyan], 1990), without reaching the territory of average Siberia. Places of inhabiting. In West Siberia they nest in different scaffolding, preferring edges, copses, in the steppe - forest belt, chopping, floodland scaffolding. Continuous scaffolding they avoid ([Ryabitsev], 2001). Phenology. In West Siberia in the steppe zone spring flight is fallen to the end of April - beginning of May, on the north of area - near the middle of May. Autumnal migration begins it still in July and concludes in October, and it passes in essence at night ([Ryabitsev], 2001). Multiplication. Nests have in the bifurcations of branches or stem, on the trees or the bushes, it is usually low, from 0,5 to 7 m, more frequent than 2-4 m of the earth. Findings of nests at the height to 20 m are known, and also on the cliffs it is simple on the earth. Nest is the small and slovenly, usually translucent construction from the dry twigs, with the weakly expressed chute. The old nests of thrushes, rooks and other birds rarely are used. In laying of 2 white eggs. The sizes of the eggs 27-35 X of 20-25 mm. hatch alternately, usually female it sits at night. They behave secretly in nest. Duration of the incubation of 13-16 days. Male and female bring up. At the age of 2 weeks the nestlings attempt to fly, and in 2 more weeks they fly freely ([Ryabitsev], 2001). Nourishment. They feed by the seeds of the most different plants - both wild and cultural. They in spring willingly peck overgrown grain, pull out shoots. In the small number they eat up invertebrates - insects, mollusks and by others they feed mainly on the earth. Regularly they fly to the watering, usually in the morning and in the evening ([Ryabitsev], 2001). |
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Propagation. For the territory of average Siberia is noted only [V].[S]. by Zhukov (1995) as passing by form, it observed it in the floodlands r. Of [uryup] in sett. Nicol on June 25, 1982 ; where the single male cooed, sitting on the birch, several times took off and accomplished by current it [p]o[let].[Back] |
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