Order COLUMBIFORMES | Family COLUMBIDAE |
Streptopelia orientalis Latham, 1790 Oriental Turtle Dove Races:
Numerous, in places common or rare breeding migrant. Inhabits coniferous, mixed or deciduous forests on plains and in mountains, up to 1600 (Altai) – 2600 (Talasskiy Alatau) m. Arrives in mid-March – mid-May, migration finishes in end May – mid-June. Breeds in separate pairs. Nest is built on bush (hawthorn, honeysuckle, dog rose) or tree (spruce, pine, fir, juniper, birch, asp, willow, apple, apricot) from thin twigs at 1-4, up to 10 m above ground. Clutches of 2 eggs found in mid-May – mid-July. Two broods probably and repeated breeding after nest loss is common. Both parents incubate for around 20 days and feed juveniles. After breeding is finished, broods join in flocks and disperse on stubble fields and other places with rich food. Autumn migration begins in August in flocks of several dozen birds. Mass flight occurs in end August – first half of September. Latest birds recorded in end September – mid-October, some individuals linger up to end November – early December.
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005
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Breeding in Northern Kazakhstan, south up to middle part of Mugodjary ridge (Urkach forest), where recorded 20 June, Shortandy area, Kazakhishe upland, Irtysh valley between Pavlodar and Ust-Kamenogorsk, Southwest Altai, Kalbinskiy Altai, Saur, Tarbagatay, Dzhungarskiy Alatau and Tien Shan, where up to 2500-2600 m rise. Nests in Almaty Botanical garden and probably in foothills of Dzhungarskiy Alatau near Dzhansugurov village. Common during migration in Naurzum Reserve, where regularly observed in summer, and breeding not excluded. On other territory, west to lower current of Ural valley and Ustyurt, rare occurs on migration.
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