Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

taken in Heart of Africa

Stock Dove (Columba oenas)

@Zooish tq

This is an European wood pigeon, not a stock dove.

@lintworm they both look very similar. wonder why its kept in the african aviary

@Chlidonias It could be a juvenile as those lack the neck patches and can have light irises, tho the feathers on the neck do look quite iridescent so I don't really know, there's also a subspecies with a cinnamon rather than white patch on the throat. The only similar species I believe are the ones on the Canaries which I really don't think this individual resembles.

@Chlidonias The white neck feathers seem hidden in this photo in those ruffled feathers (and pixels). All other telltale signs are there for an adult European wood pigeon.