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Melsie 🐝✨

@melsiefera.bsky.social

Even though it's almost the end of the year, I can still hear the birds chirping every morning when I wake up. Makes me feel like it's spring! It's unfortunate we don't have this beautifully coloured laughing dove where I live.

#laughingdove #naturedrawing #creativesofinstagram #whimsicalart

Colored pencil drawing of a laughing dove sitting on a tree branch looking calmly at the camera.

December 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Chancelloser

@chancelloser.bsky.social

Haven't really had much to show lately, but enjoy this Laughing Dove, posing rather nicely with a rather curly stick! #birds #ausbirds #laughingdove #dove

A laughing dove, with brown, grey and white feathers, is perched on a twisted, grey tree branch. In its beak is a thin, brown stick, that is twisted and curled into an S shape, that rather nicely curls around its head. The green trees in the background are all blurred.

November 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM

Kereru

@laughingdove.bsky.social

@sephive.bsky.social Hi Seph!! It's been nice seeing what all cool creatures you've been up to! (It's Laughingdove/Creoste, idk if you remember me)

July 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM

Birds Of The World 🌍🦜

@mybirdcards.com

Answer: Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) 🌍🌏 #LaughingDove #SpilopeliaSenegalensis | #AfricanBirds #MiddleEasternBirds #AsianBirds | #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

July 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Birds Of The World 🌍🦜

@mybirdcards.com

🌍🌏 Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) #AfricanBirds #MiddleEasternBirds #AsianBirds | #LaughingDove #SpilopeliaSenegalensis | #LaughingDoves #Doves #DoveAndPigeonFamily 📷: Photo by vireo27🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)

The laughing dove is a slim, long-tailed pigeon, about 25cm long. It has a pinkish-brown underside, a lilac-tinged head and neck, and a distinctive chequered rufous and grey patch on the sides of its neck. Its upper parts are brownish with a bluish-grey wing band.

It's widely distributed across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and has been introduced to Western Australia. Found in dry scrub, semi-desert, and increasingly in urban areas, it adapts well to human presence.

Laughing doves are generally seen in pairs or small groups, rarely forming large flocks except at waterholes. They are fairly terrestrial, foraging for seeds on the ground. Their flight is quick and direct, and their characteristic call is a low, rolling "croo-doo-doo-doo-doo" resembling a chuckle. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Five subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by vireo27 via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/laughing-dove-bird-perched-dove-6465439/

NBLV

June 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM

Wildlife Webcams

@fanihat.bsky.social

Laughing Dove at Lentorre/Kenya, Africam
#birds, #LaughingDove, #Dove, #nature, #webcams, #Africam

May 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM

EarthSky

@earthskyscience.bsky.social

Have you ever seen or heard a #laughingdove? Shaurya Salunkhe in Pune, Maharashtra, India, saw this one on May 5. Thank you, Shaurya! #birds 🐦📸
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Go to EarthSky Community Photos to see more great images, and submit your own recent #photos: 
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