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19-03-2010, 05:30 PM
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I've seen a dead bird in Coventry city centre - I haven't stopped for a good look - just seen it as passing by during my lunch break. It looks like a turtle dove but appears to have a bright red beak, white head and a prominent black eye-stripe.
Could this just be a variation/aberration of a turtle dove/feral pigeon or does someone have any other idea?
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19-03-2010, 07:16 PM
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Sounds like some kind of feral pigeon or similar. Turtle doves are summer migrants and usually appear end of April/May.  |
19-03-2010, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonners  Sounds like some kind of feral pigeon or similar. Turtle doves are summer migrants and usually appear end of April/May. | Not with a bright red beak, unless the bill was covered in blood! |
27-03-2010, 03:47 PM
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Well I've solved this one!
I've been back to the bird to get a better look, and have since seen some pictures of a red-legged partridge - the bird I saw was definitely a red-legged partridge! |
27-03-2010, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by freiston Well I've solved this one!
I've been back to the bird to get a better look, and have since seen some pictures of a red-legged partridge - the bird I saw was definitely a red-legged partridge! | Certainly an unusual bird in a city centre! |
27-03-2010, 05:11 PM
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Perhaps it was a racing partridge  |
28-03-2010, 01:48 PM
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Oh sad! I love turtle doves. It probably was one. The top of the beak is stripped off during most accidents, and it would appear bright red. Also although it doesn't have an eye stripe there is a black (and white) stripe high on the neck. Presumeably you identified it mainly by the pink breast and marbled brown wings? |
28-03-2010, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by animartco Oh sad! I love turtle doves. It probably was one. The top of the beak is stripped off during most accidents, and it would appear bright red. Also although it doesn't have an eye stripe there is a black (and white) stripe high on the neck. Presumeably you identified it mainly by the pink breast and marbled brown wings? |  It's been identified as a Red-legged Partridge, not a Turtle Dove!!! Also the latter species was unlikely to be in the UK (or even now) at the date of this discovery as a summer visitor (overwintering birds have been recorded, but very rarely. | | |
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