Doves of southern Africa calls

Listen to 7 dove calls from Southern Africa. As with all doves, they puff their throat up and call with a closed beak. The Afrikaans names: Red-eyed Dove is Grootringduif, Laughing Dove is Lemoenduif, Cape Turtle Dove is Gewone tortelduif, African Mourning Dove is Rooioogtortelduif, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove is Grownvlekduifie, Tambourine Dove is Witborsduifie and Namaqua Dove is Namaquaduifie.

[@arthurrammusa5810]

I think we can all agree that the Ring necked and Red Eyed Doves just bring back nostolgic Saturday mornings. A sense of euphoria here in South Africa

[@lynetterudman]

I totally agree. They are the sound of Africa.

[@user_my_view]

Come to Lake Victoria region for a nonstop Mourning dove 😊

[@AmericanRX]

Yes, always such a nice feeling when they are around. Often see the red eye and laughing together in Jeffrey's Bay area. Very nice as they aren't hostile towards each other.

[@Ashimu06]

Whenever I hear a Red eyed dove, I always get nostalgic memories of my childhood home back in South Africa

[@Baltasarmk]

Was it difficult for you to get a visa to leave country?

[@NJ187]

These Doves sound awesome. Like they just dropped the opening beat for a song.

[@knives5964]

@@Baltasarmk good question. Sadly you never got an answer

[@gillianchansam]

@@Baltasarmk I live in the US now since 2010. It's very difficult to get a visa unless you have a special talent or a job offer or enough money to start a business in the USA. You could get a study visa easily, or come on a tourist visa. I was engaged to someone here, came on a fiance visa, then applied for my green card once I married him.

[@miavos3610]

I agree! My grandmother gave a little rhyme to these Red-eye calls in Afrikaans - 'Klein Faan, my-voet-is-seer!'

[@xttrawave]

You can't imagine how long iv'e been searching for the red-eyed dove sound. Living here in KENYA.

[@apatsa_basiteni]

Thanks. The red eyed dove sounds always bring me those nostalgic memories of my home village in Malawi.

[@lynetterudman]

Amazing how bird sounds can remind you of your childhood. For me it is the call of the Fiery-necked Nightjar at night that reminds me of my childhood on the farm.

[@apatsa_basiteni]

@@lynetterudman 😁😁 As kids we would try to imitate those bird calls as music. lol Gave me an idea as an adult to create a song remix using that as a sample.

[@sonder7503]

The Red-eyed Dove, Turtle Dove and Laughing Dove bring me back to my childhood on my Ouma's farm in KZN

[@sinistral9629]

A very useful guide - thank you. For me, the cape turtle (or ring necked) dove is the sound of Africa. So evocative.

[@bannanapancake]

Sinestral - Agreed, definitely the sound scape for Africa for me too

[@Davesothoth]

You hear it in the background of every savannah documentary

[@phyllisnunn2061]

I actually have despised that hyper-repetitive call since visiting the bush while living in Johannesburg for a few years. But maybe if I learn them all, i could come to appreciate it.

[@QuintenWhyte]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@phyllisnunn2061

[@deanpepler5307]

1. 0:07 - Tambourine Dove. 2. 0:24 - Red Eyed Dove. 3. 0:37 - Ring Neck Dove (Cape Turtle Dove) 4. 0:51 - Mourning Collared Dove. 5. 1:08 - Senegal Dove (Psalm Dove) African Laughing Dove. 6. 1:23 - Emerald Spotted Wood Dove. 7. 1:40 - Namaqua Dove. These are The Seven Doves of South Africa.

[@sridasriah77]

NICE SHRING

[@daviddouglas7622]

We learnt the Red eyed dove says "I am a red eyed dove" and the Turtle dove says "work harder". thanks for your videos

[@cameronlotter1392]

Not at all but ok buddy

[@affordabledesertliving3487]

David I think it says something that really cracked up the African gardeners when I was in Uganda. Who cooks Muzungu? Who cooks muzungu?

[@Barnatopark]

I can see how you think that. If you say it with the calls it does sound a bit like that’s what they are saying. Either way they are two beautiful sounds of South Africa that I really miss.

[@affordabledesertliving3487]

I think there are Ring-necked Dove sounds in every safari television program I have ever watched.

[@lynetterudman]

They do call a lot in the bush. The sound of the African bush.

[@affordabledesertliving3487]

@@lynetterudman I loved visiting East Africa in 2005 and hearing and seeing this species after watching 100s of safari programs over the years.

[@Lady--G]

Red-eyed dove & Cape Turtle dove = home 🥰🥰🥰

[@garethwesleyevans]

We've been trying to figure out the bird outside our house... Red-Eyed Dove!! Brilliant thanks!!!

[@itsnikkibell]

Same here!! Took me forever to find this! I hate this bird because of this sound!!

[@Cassxowary]

Nikki Samuels never hate (: and it’s a catchy beat

[@lifewithveronicah]

The Red-Necked coo takes me into a nostalgic moment taking a safari drive inside the Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya 😢❤

[@lynetterudman]

It is amazing how certain bird calls can remind you of things. With me it is the call of the Fiery-necked Nightjar at night on a farm where I grew up. I remember as a young child lying in bed listening to the call and wondering what the bird looked like.

[@hihogandalfaway]

I found it! I heard a ring-necked dove on a video on the internet and I got such a hit of nostalgia I had to figure out what it was 🤗 (and now I know it's a red-eyed dove I hear all the time)

[@LouseGrouse]

Laughing dove sounds so jolly :')

[@dlasky]

Not just Southern African by the way, I hear these calls all the time in East Africa, especially the Red-Eyed and Ring-Necked dove calls. Thanks for sharing

[@random-sw3gw]

same i hear them in east africa too.

[@xaqiiqtv4983]

Most these doves sound I remember when I was young in forest with our camels in southern of Somalia.

[@ellcally508]

Yes!

[@Arpisworld]

Wow pretty bird

[@josephmuayi6348]

Is true, familiar sounds

[@andreainafrica1999]

Thank you! Dankie.. Finally, i know the name of the beautiful bird that I woke up to and lived with for a year and hear every time I watch any nature films on Nat Geo.. I have been wanting to know the name of this bird for over 25 years! Such wonderful memories that this song bird bring back to me..

[@lynetterudman]

You are welcome! Glad you could find the bird after all these years. They are very special birds that are in most African movies.

[@liamrencontre]

that Ring-Necked Dove is such a famous sound from South Africa

[@lynetterudman]

It sure is. They sing a lot all year round over most of SA.

[@kvbvl7285]

It's literally the leading singer whenever I hear African wildlife backgrounds..

[@sandejzack]

these sounds can be heard all over Africa, particularly around the Great Lakes

[@lynetterudman]

Yes, many of these dove extend deep into Africa.

[@blessingmamabolo1682]

The laughing dove and the red eyed dove are such nostalgic sounds of my south african childhood

[@lynetterudman]

Same with me with the Red-eyed Dove and the Cape Turtle Dove. Have heard those calls since I was tiny.

[@yzy_indigo]

the red eyed dove and ring necked dove will always remind me of waking up on a saturday morning and hearing these birds calling, its really nostalgic for me

[@lynetterudman]

Yes, really the calls of southern Africa.

[@alittlegoblin9327]

After so long I finally find the Juba that was outside my house.......The Red-eyed pigeon wow the fact that I grew up with it makes it more nice

[@lukerichards4183]

Red eyed dove brings back memories of waking up in Boksburg on a Sunday morning

[@pilotmike7569]

Awesome compilation!😍

[@lynetterudman]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@cathysander8343]

Thank you Lynette! I’ve been living in Eswatini (Swaziland) for four years and trying to learn what birds are making the different calls that I hear regularly-especially the one I’ve been calling the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ bird (Red-eyed Dove).

[@lynetterudman]

Glad this video helped you find your bird.

[@swallehisadirisa4717]

This feels good

[@jenniferann6956]

Beautiful birds and calls 🐦❤️❤️❤️

[@lynetterudman]

Yes they are!

[@ephraimmotho887]

Thank you Lynette. That was wonderful.

[@lynetterudman]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tishagreyling7207]

Useful compilation!

[@lynetterudman]

Glad it was helpful!

[@polecat711]

Thank you! Keep up the good work!

[@sridasriah77]

SO BEAUTIFUL

[@friendfriends2444]

Red eye dove!!;❤❤❤ Thanks Lynette it reminds me when I was growing up on the farm!!

[@gardentours]

Thank you for this compilation. I've never seen and heard a laughing dove.

[@Tv_bro127]

0:43 this one Brings back nostalgia

[@lynetterudman]

Yip, the Ring-necked Dove call is often heard in many African movies.

[@Tv_bro127]

@@lynetterudman not the movies for me it’s mostly recalling my childhood

[@Frederm]

Thanks for posting this

[@jaketheman091]

I heard the Namaqua Dove outside my window, and I'm in Florida lol

[@Cassxowary]

Jake Kussmaul there can be different reasons

[@mateoreyes4235]

Maybe ground dove

[@jaketheman091]

@@mateoreyes4235 Yup, it's a ground dove, saw them recently!

[@Timmsy]

This is excellent. ..thank you so much👍🐥🐦

[@lynetterudman]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bernardinodasilva8571]

Angola the same doves and more 4 as I remember .one brown very big , a green one big too , a mountain one with a long neck , and in the north a small one the double size of a sparrow. Maby half size what you call namakua dove .what I never see is a tambourine dove .

[@lynetterudman]

That's so interesting!

[@sydneymathuka4228]

Bring your things that is telling u about danger akusheshe maduda

[@foreignwarren7361]

imagine one tree full of these birds lol

[@user-gy7ro9gf9u]

Ring necked dove cape turtle

[@lynetterudman]

Yes, the Cape Turtle Dove's name changed a few years ago to the Ring-necked Dove.

[@KM-es9us]

In the film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, about an hour and a 29 minutes through, you can hear a call like the red-eyed dove's, although my resources say it's exclusively an African dove. Is there a species with a similar call in New Mexico, where the film was shot in 1973? A Bird Watching HQ site mentions 7 doves/pigeons in New Mexico: mourning dove (not Streptopelia decipiens), rock dove/pigeon, Eurasian collared dove, white-winged dove, band-tailed pigeon, Inca dove, common ground dove - no red-eyed doves. Thanks

[@IixiXOuOXixiI]

I have an albino dove, his call pattern is the same as a ring neck but at the same pitch of a mourning dove. I've had him him for 19 years, going on 20. I've been trying for so long to pinpoint his breed.

[@user-gy7ro9gf9u]

Ring necked dove

[@lynetterudman]

Yes, the new name for the Cape Turtle Dove.

[@ronaldnoll3247]

The "Laughing Dove" shown is a Senegal pigeon

[@lynetterudman]

It is a Laughing Dove, found in South Africa. I have plenty of them in my garden.

[@jaredkleinhans5409]

Ya red eyed doves are everwhere and steal the dog food

[@muneerahmad658]

Some people say that in case of Senegal or palm dove only the male make a call and female not do this is it true? What is the difference in sound of male and female Senegal or palm dove?????

[@AmericanRX]

You'r missing a large ring neck variation that is near the Eastern Cape region. Large like a pidgeon.

[@lynetterudman]

The only large ring-necked dove from the Eastern Cape region of South Africa is the Red-eyed Dove, and it features at #2 in this video. There aren't any other doves here with the black collar on the neck.

[@AmericanRX]

@@lynetterudman I think you might be right. Granted the image doesn't do it much justice, but listening to the audio again does confirm what you're saying.

[@rianaduraan4053]

Ek bly in Pretoria en hier kom nie Ring-necked Duiwe voor nie (Cape Turtle), maar in Standerton floreer hulle. Hoekom?

[@lynetterudman]

Ek vind dat hulle meer van die veld hou en nie van dorpe nie. Hulle is baie skaam duiwe.

[@49andries]

Sou lekker wees om ook die afrikaanse name by die regte duiwe te kon plaas....enkeles is maklik, maar die res nie so seker nie.

[@lynetterudman]

I've added the Afrikaans names to the descriptions of the video for you. Hope it helps.

[@49andries]

@@lynetterudmanBaie dankie!

[@luna_heatwave]

Sounds *SOOO* fimaliar 😂😂😂😂

[@user-dg4vx1kh7j]

The Southwest

[@solidname9085]

but why laughing dove name?

[@lynetterudman]

Because the call sounds like laughing.