Oriental Turtle Dove

30-35 cm. Pinkish brown body and dark-spotted back with broad rufous feather edging; head with bluish-grey forehead; patch on side of neck with black stripes on grey; eye red, bill and feet pink. Occurs across Asia from India to China and Russia, with a migrant population in the north and a resident population across south-east Asia.

Vagrant Reported from West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, from 15-26th March 2014. Ref. BARC.