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Oena capensis (Namaqua Dove)

Synonyms: Columba capensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Namaqua dove (Oena capensis) is a small pigeon. It is the only species in the genus Oena.
View Wikipedia Record: Oena capensis

Infraspecies

Oena capensis aliena
Oena capensis capensis (Namaqua dove)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.8414
EDGE Score: 2.93605
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  36 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2.7 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  90 %
Forages - Understory [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  80 %
Clutch Size [5]  2
Incubation [4]  14 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Eragrostis pilosa (hairy love-grass)[4]
Eragrostis tef (teff)[4]
Panicum laetum[4]
Panicum miliaceum (hog millet)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Streptopelia decipiens (Mourning Collared Dove)1
Streptopelia roseogrisea (African Collared Dove)1
Streptopelia vinacea (Vinaceous Dove)1
Turtur abyssinicus (Black-billed Wood Dove)1

Predators

Accipiter madagascariensis (Madagascar Sparrowhawk)[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0