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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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In any case, I wonder whether the female – not quite as colorful as the male, see below – also qualifies as an “aesthetically valuable urban bird species” The third pigeon species around here is the Zebra Dove.

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Birding Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Apparently, some Zebra Doves can be quite valuable, though presumably not the ones I saw. Zebra Doves are raised for singing contests in countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, and may cost between 1000 and 50,000 USD depending on their singing qualities ( source ).

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. 10 Apr 2017. Western Australia. 25 Jul 2017. Western Australia.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

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9 countries were visited during March by your tireless beats ( 11 of them); India, UK, USA, Serbia, Costa Rica, Japan, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. With so much thrashing around in SE Asia, it is interesting to compare east and west hemispheres.

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Collaborative List – June 2018

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Honduras , Malaysia and the southern-most bits of South Africa feature large this month with Mike, Duncan and Tom all vying to be MVB for June. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. It’s all been happening this month. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. 17 Jan 2018. Western Australia.

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