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Cape Turtle Dove
Gewone Tortelduif · Streptopelia capicola
Also called the Ring-necked Dove, this pale-grey dove with a black neck-bar is one of the most abundant birds in the park, its monotonous cooing forming the constant background to a bushveld day. It feeds on seeds on the ground and breeds year-round across all habitats.
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Greyish dove with a single black half-collar on the hindneck; three-note 'work-harder' coo.
Listen for its call
The three-note "work HAR-der, work HAR-der" you hear all day long.
Where to see it in Kruger
Everywhere — one of the most abundant and vocal birds in Kruger.
Did you know
Its three-note coo seems to repeat 'work harder, work harder' all day long.
Often confused with
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