Staffan Widstrand / Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) in Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Melvin Grey / Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) male and female, perched among Acacia thorns. Lake Baringo, Kenya

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) Zimanga, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis). Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Laughing doves (Streptopelia senegalensis) at water. Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. June.

Klein & Hubert / Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Laughing doves (Spilopelia senegalensis) at waterhole, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / A laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) visits a waterhole in summer in Botswana's Northern Tuli Game Reserve.

Neil Aldridge / Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) at waterhole, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Laughing dove (Spilopelia / Streptopelia senegalensis) on ground, Orange River, Richtersveld National Park and World Heritage Site, Northern Cape, South Africa, August.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) two drinking at water, Oman, September

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) at water, Oman, September

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) in water, flapping wing, Oman, September

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) pair at nest, Qatar, November

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove {Spilopelia senegalensis} two perched in tree, Hafeet, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove {Spilopelia senegalensis} perched in tree, preening, Muscat, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove {Spilopelia senegalensis} perched in tree, Muscat, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove {Spilopelia senegalensis} perched on rock, Muscat, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove {Spilopelia senegalensis} on ground, preening, Muscat, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Ayn Hamran, Oman

Mike Wilkes / Laughing dove {Spilopelia senegalensis} Gambia

Martin Gabriel / Laughing dove {Spilopelia senegalensis} Namibia

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove {Spilopelia senegalensis} drinking from puddle, Jaaluni, Oman

Mike Wilkes / Laughing dove on perch. The Gambia, West Africa

Ralph Martin / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Oman

Jiri Slama / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Namibia

Walter Soestbergen / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), South Africa

Ralph Martin / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Turkey

Christine Jung / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Muscat, Oman

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Hawf Protected Area, Yemen

Tui De Roy / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Mpala Research Centre, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) near pool of water, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Kenya

Konrad Wothe / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Libya

Mike Wilkes / Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalis) with wings raised, bathing, Senegal, W Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) drinking at waterhole, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) at waterhole, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Mathias Schaef/ BIA / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Israel

Mathias Schaef/ BIA / Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), Hardap, Namibia