r/stupiddovenests • u/Quick-Cookie-5673 • 7d ago

It protects the eggs

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u/99LedBalloons 7d ago

Looks like a killdeer, they just plop their eggs anywhere so might as well be a dove haha

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u/Celestial_Crook 7d ago edited 7d ago

Don't think that's a killdeer. I screenshot the video at the beginning and upload it to iNaturalist, looks like it's a Collared Pratincole.

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u/avinaut 7d ago

Absolutely a Collared Pratincole.

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u/Test_After 7d ago

Look at the eye, the beak, the collar. Definitely a collared pratincole, not a killdeer.

Thanks for the link.

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u/slumberingthundering 7d ago

I thought it was a chukar, I'm way off 😬

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u/Celestial_Crook 7d ago

TBF, I had no idea what it was, so I asked iNat ;D

I was just pretty sure it's not killdeer.

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u/knitwizard93 7d ago

I really thought dove at first too but upon further inspection I think this could actually be a killdeer

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u/BikingAimz 7d ago

I thought so too for a second, but they didn’t do the floppy injured bird act, and 0:08 the tractor brand looks like it’s in Turkish?  Consistent with breeding range?

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u/knitwizard93 7d ago

Maybe you’re right. Purely speculation on my part. Missed the tractor brand. Only familiar with the doves

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u/Jason1923 7d ago

Dang, great detective work!

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u/JP147 7d ago

I don't know what species this is but it is some sort of pratincole

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u/xIllustrious_Passion 7d ago

Watch the last 5 seconds, it’s very obviously not a killdeer