Oriental Turtle Dove - Breeding Biology

Breeding Biology

Two white eggs, as for all pigeons and doves, are laid in a twig nest in a tree.

  • Egg of Streptopelia orientalis

  • Oriental Turtle Dove

  • at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.

  • Nepal

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