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Namaqua Dove

Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) — also called long-tailed dove, NADO. Occurrence records of the Namaqua Dove are shared on GBIF from around 79 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (1 396 records), in 8 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernColumbidae

79reserves with records

7 595records around them

8provinces

LCIUCN category

Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis) — Photo: Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier area	LP Limpopo	1 396
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NC Northern Cape	878
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	787
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	426
Mapungubwe National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	299
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	257
Sondela Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	245
Waterberg BiosphereBiosphere reserve	LP Limpopo	242
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	209
Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	196
Soetdoring Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	192
Baviaanskloof Mega ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	183
Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	181
Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	157
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	138
Mokala National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	122
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	118
Mahlathini Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	LP Limpopo	115
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	102
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	98
Letaba Ranch Provincial ParkNature reserve	LP Limpopo	96
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	94
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	93
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	84
Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	81
Thaba MoririNature reserve	LP Limpopo	72
Golela BushNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	50
Leon Taljaard Nature ReserveProtected area	NW North West	49
Ramskop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	44
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	43
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	35
Madikwe Game ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	34
Wild Rivers Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	33
Klaserie Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	33
Atherstone Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	31
Spitskop NatuurtuinNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	29
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	27
!Khwa ttu Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	27
MakulekeProtected area	LP Limpopo	25
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	21
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	21
Venetia Limpopo Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	15
Elandsberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	14
Tshukudu Private Game ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	12
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	11
Hopefield Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	11
Gamsberg Nature ReserveProtected area	NC Northern Cape	10
Nwanedi Provincial ParkNature reserve	LP Limpopo	10
Combretum ParkNature reserve	LP Limpopo	9
Zimanga Private Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	8
!Khamab Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	8
Blouberg PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserve	LP Limpopo	8
The Koppie Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	8
Blouberg Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	8
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Billy Duvenhage Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	6
Oorlogskloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	6
Langjan Natuur ReservattNature reserve	LP Limpopo	6
Steenbokkie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	6
Pongola Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	5

and 19 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 27 reserves
Limpopo: 22 reserves
Northern Cape: 16 reserves
North West: 4 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 3 reserves
Free State: 3 reserves
Eastern Cape: 3 reserves
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Scientific name: Oena capensis
GBIF taxon: 2495342
Wikidata: Q151851

More of the Columbidae family

Red-eyed Dove Ring-necked Dove Laughing Dove Speckled Pigeon Emerald-spotted Wood Dove African Olive Pigeon Tambourine Dove African Green Pigeon Lemon Dove Mourning Collared Dove

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.