Bronzewing
Pair
Murray Mallee Region
Spotted Turtle-dove
Profile, Medium Collar
 
                 
Spotted Turtle-dove (Spilopelia chinensis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Doves and Pigeons (Columbiformes)
Family: Dove and Pigeon (Columbidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Spotted Turtle-dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
This Photo:     🔍Profile, Thin Collar🔎
Synonym: Streptopelia chinensis

Thank you Thomas Mesaglio (TheBeachConber), George Seagull (George_Seagull) & Joshua S. Martin (BioShots_JM) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere
A thin collar indicates a young bird, while a wide collar indicates and old one. Here you can see 3 different thicknesses of collar.

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This species is classed as If (Foreign Introduction)