Zebra
Dove, Geopilia striata
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![]() The Zebra Dove is a cute little dove with little fear of humans, omnipresent in parks and gardens throughout the Hawaiian Islands. It is native to Southeast Asia and Indonesia, and has been introduced and also been a popular cage bird (with accompanying escapes) in many tropical and semi-tropical venues such as Hawaii, and so establishing the species in the wild. |
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![]() All the photos on this page except the one on the top were taken on a single January day in 2011 when we were staying in a rental house in Puako, on the northwest shore of the Big Island. |
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![]() Zebra Doves are usually seen walking slowly on the ground; I was lucky to capture this image of one in flight. |
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![]() Zebra Doves breed all year round, so it was not surprising to see these juveniles in January. |