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Emerald Spotted Dove - Puffing Winter A Common Emerald Spotted Dove puffs up against a cold winters morning, its iridescent greens glistening against rays from a rising sun.   Common Emerald Dove,Emerald-spotted Wood Dove,Geotagged,Namibia,Turtur chalcospilos,Winter,adorable,beautiful,cold,cute,fantastic,feathers,free,green,innocent,iridescent,plumage,puff,splendor,wild Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

    comments (3)

  1. That light, that detail, I'm speechless. Posted 10 years ago
    1. Thanks Ferdy. You are always so encouraging and complementary ... thank you. Posted 10 years ago
  2. Gorgeous dove Posted 5 years ago

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The emerald-spotted wood dove is a pigeon which is a widespread and often abundant resident breeding bird in eastern Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. It also occurs in a belt from northern Botswana west to northern Namibia, and in a narrow coastal strip through Angola to Gabon.

Similar species: Pigeons And Doves
Species identified by Living Wild
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Uploaded Aug 7, 2015. Captured Jul 23, 2015 09:46 in D2874, Namibia.
  • Canon EOS REBEL T2i
  • f/6.3
  • 1/790s
  • ISO400
  • 500mm