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The cape turtle dove is an
abundant bird species usually in bush, woodlands and farmlands
mainly in the east part of Africa. Here in Mauritius you can
watch the cape turtle dove in the Casela Bird Park in Black
River. This bird is also known as half-collared dove or
ring-necked dove. There is no much differences between male and
female cape turtle dove only that usually the male is a little
bigger. When the cape turtle dove is in groups it is a quite
noisy bird. Their main food is usually seeds but they also eat
sometimes insects as flying ants. There is no special breeding
period for the cape turtle dove; they breed at any time of the
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