Laughing Dove, கள்ளிப்புறா

 

Common name: Laughing Dove (Bird at left)

Scientific name: Streptopelia senegalensis

Photo credit: B. S. Karthikeyan

Photo shot at: Gallery, near Play ground, BDU
(The bird at the right is Indian Roller, see below)

This is often otherwise called as Little Brown Dove, common and widespread species in scrub, dry farmland. They are usually seen in pairs or small parties and only rarely in larger groups. Laughing Doves eat the fallen seeds, mainly of grasses, other vegetable matter and small ground insects such as termites and beetles.