A dove of East Asian woods, farmland and towns. In Japan, fine striped patches on the sides of the neck help identify it.
It has several fine stripes on the sides of the neck.
Oriental turtle doves share nesting duties between the sexes. Both parents take turns incubating, and feeding continues after chicks leave the nest. A pair can begin another nesting attempt while still caring for its earlier young.
During observations at Shinshu University in Nagano in 1967, researchers marked the parents’ wings and watched daily activity from nearby ground and a rooftop. Incubation changes from female to male occurred around 08:00–11:00, and from male to female around 15:00–17:00. The male chiefly covered daytime, while the female covered evening through the following morning.
One pair began incubating its next clutch after its earlier young had fledged. During this overlap, all 17 observed feeds to the earlier young across three observation days were delivered by the male. He also incubated at the next nest, so duties for two nesting attempts overlapped.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
A study of breeding at Naganuma, Hokkaido, during 1976–1983 reported fewer spring nests and poor spring breeding after lower branches were pruned from the Norway spruce used for nesting. Nest abandonment was also more frequent where incubating parents had been startled into leaving during visits. The author recommended avoiding surveys during incubation where possible and surveying during chick rearing instead. Changes around nests and disturbance from approaching observers were concrete concerns identified by the study.