Ocapensi

Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Oena capensis

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family: Columbidae

Order: Columbiformes

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Namqua dove

Kaptäubchen

Tourterelle masquée

Tortolita rabilarga

CMS NL

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES III

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: partial

intercontinental

Oena capensis

Some polulations sedentary, but there are seasonal and perhaps even nomadic movements in some areas. Some populations are highly migratory: populations of Israel, some of Arabia and probably those of SE Egypt mostly move S to winter; in Israel, arrives mid-Mar, most birds moving S to winter in Sep - Oct. Nomadic in Nigeria and elsewhere in W Africa, where present throughout most of year in Sahel, but migrates S to breed in Sept - Apr; in Sudan most birds move N to breed during rainy season. Populations of Zanzibar make daily trips to mainland during dry season. Vagrant to Sierra Leone, Burundi, Canary Is, Jordan, E Arabian Peninsula, and doubtfully Syria.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1997) - www.hbw.com )

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