{"id":54382,"date":"2025-07-11T11:47:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T06:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=54382"},"modified":"2025-07-11T16:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:12:23","slug":"laughing-dove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/laughing-dove\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughing Dove"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Laughing Dove Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An uncommon, partially white small pigeon called a laughing dove was recently spotted in the Nagamalai hillock forest near Nambiyur in Erode.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About Laughing Dove<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>small pigeon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is a <\/span><b>resident breeder in Africa, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Middle East, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>Indian Subcontinent.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Scientific Name: Spilopelia senegalensis<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other names include <\/span><b>laughing turtle dove, palm dove,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Senegal dove, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while in India the name of little brown dove is often used.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species is found in much of s<\/span><b>ub-Saharan Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also found in I<\/span><b>srael, Lebanon, Syria, the UAE,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Turkey <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(these populations may be derived from human introductions).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also introduced in <\/span><b>Western Australia.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is found in <\/span><b>dry scrub and semi-desert habitats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where pairs can often be seen feeding on the ground.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Laughing Dove <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> long-tailed,<\/b> <b>slim <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pigeon, typically 25 cm in length.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>back wings and tail <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>reddish-brown with blue-grey in the wings.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In flight, the underwings are rich chestnut.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>head <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>underparts are pinkish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shading to whitish on the lower abdomen.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is black spotting on the throat. The <\/span><b>legs are red.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juveniles are more rufous than adults, and have reduced throat spotting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>fairly terrestrial, foraging on the ground<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in grasslands and cultivation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are not particularly gregarious, and are <\/span><b>usually alone, or in pairs.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Laughing Dove <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>It is classified as &#8216;<b>Least Concern&#8217; <\/b>under the IUCN Red List.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/tamil-nadu\/2025\/Jul\/10\/rare-white-laughing-dove-spotted-in-erode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NIE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laughing Dove is a small pigeon species found in Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent, known for its gentle call and graceful appearance. 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