(STREPTOPELIA SEMITORQUATA).

Like Cape turtle doves ...Easy going in flimsy platforms (in trees),it feeds its young on 'pigeon milk'Designed to make it growstrongFeral pigeons in Ancient Egyptconveyed messagesattached to their legs.Feral pigeon's ancestors,Rock pigeons, still live in the wild inEurope, Asia and BeijingThey show the true plumage ofthe wild bird - an overall greywith a small patch of white on its rump,visible during flight.They are kept by devotees of pigeon racingLike Turtle Doves,Red-eyed is a heavy bird,Like Turtle Doves ...