Oriental Turtle Dove in Uttarakhand

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The beautiful oriental turtle dove feeds itself in a high altitude beautiful valley of Uttarakhand, India. These beautiful doves have grayish blue forehead and pinkish brown crown. There is black and white striped patch on the side of the neck. The throat is pale buff and the breast and the underside are dull pinkish brown. The wings have brown and dark brown patterns. The tail is wedge shaped. The bill is grayish. The irises are reddish brown. The legs are crimson. The oriental turtle dove feeds on cereals, pine seeds and also herbs, bamboo shoots and green shoots of various plants. The Oriental turtle dove species are distributed in the Indian subcontinent, parts of West Asia, Central Asia and parts of Southeast Asia. Source : wiki This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcas