Dove (Spotted)

 

Also known as the Mountain Dove, Lace-necked Dove or Chinese Dove, it's been cooing in Hawaii since the mid-1800's and introduced from Asia as a hunting bird.

 This dove is much larger than the zebra dove but definitely not as tolerant of humans. Their strong markings separate it from the Zebra dove with a head that is pale, pinkish to greyish along with a black patch finely spotted with white on the rear neck, between nape and upper back. Rarely found in large flocks as are the other doves but mixes with others for scraps in food courts.

Pigeons and doves have some special feathers on their bodies, which disintegrate for producing a kind of powder, used for cleaning and lubricate the other feathers. These species have not well developed oil glands.


Photographed in the wild, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii