White Java Dove
A variety of the Java Dove
Dove · White eggs · Ornamental
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About the White Java Dove
Pure snow-white throughout, the White Java Dove is the all-white colour form of the long-domesticated Barbary (ringneck) dove, produced by a colour mutation that suppresses pigment so the bird carries none of the fawn ground or dark neck-ring of wild-type stock. It is the iconic 'dove of peace' released at weddings and used in stage magic. Like all Barbary doves it is gentle, tame, soft-cooing and long-lived, but lacks a homing instinct, so released birds must be recovered rather than left to find their way home.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- White
- Eggs per year
- About 30
- Purpose
- Ornamental
- Sizes
- Standard
- Incubation
- 15 days
- Broodiness
- High
- Cold hardiness
- Moderate
- Purity
- Pure
- Origin
- Domesticated form
- Scientific name
- Streptopelia risoria var.