5 Beautiful Species of Dove Bird You Can Find in India

Pigeon and dove family in India has some of the most beautiful species of birds, also very common in some area but lesser known. Some of the lesser known species of wild pigeons found in India are Green imperial pigeon, Nicobar imperial pigeon, Mountain imperial pigeon,Thick billed Green Pigeon and Oriental turtle dove.

* Common Pigeon

Common pigeons are known as rock pigeon or rock dove also simply referred to as the pigeon in India. The feral pigeons are the most common city birds, breeds all time of the year and a favourite prey for raptor species live in urban areas.

* Laughing Dove

Laughing Dove is the small pigeon found in dry and semi-desert habitats in the Indian Subcontinent. The laughing dove is another most common bird found in areas of human habitation, in scrub, dryland and farmland.

* Emerald Dove

Common emerald dove is the most beautiful species of dove found in India, A resident breeding bird of the Indian Subcontinent. This dove is also known as green dove and the state bird of Tamil Nadu that lives in woodlands, farms, gardens and mangroves.

* Collared Dove

Eurasian collared dove species is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Not a not migratory bird. Collared doves also live very close to urban areas where food resources are easily available, always found in pair with song goo-GOO-goo.

* Spotted Dove

Spotted Dove is a long tailed pigeon and a common breeding bird of the Indian subcontinent. The ground colour bird with black dots species is the most common but a variation seen in different geographic populations across the Southeast Asia.