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Where does the Namaqua Dove live?

Oena capensis has 203,737 records in 79 countries and territories, from 1869 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Namaqua Dove
Namaqua Dove — Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore / CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesColumbiformesColumbidaeOena

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 101,699
Namibia 20,878
Kenya 12,976
Israel 9,767
Madagascar 6,998
Botswana 6,462
Tanzania 5,761
Gambia 4,893
Senegal 4,887
Zimbabwe 3,603
Ethiopia 3,064
Zambia 2,738
Saudi Arabia 2,592
Kuwait 2,228
United Arab Emirates 2,191
Nigeria 1,689
Oman 1,593
Qatar 931
India 873
Uganda 732
Benin 671
Egypt 576
Djibouti 522
Palestine 510
Ghana 430
Mauritania 410
Jordan 374
Angola 370
Mozambique 353
Eswatini 299
Malawi 262
Chad 257
Somalia 202
Burkina Faso 200
Sudan 200
Türkiye 173
Iran 167
Algeria 165
Cameroon 160
Niger 153

Showing the top 40 of 79 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.