Editing Laughing dove (section)

==Description==
The laughing dove is a long-tailed, slim pigeon, typically {{convert|25|cm|abbr=on}} in length. It is pinkish brown on the underside with a lilac tinged head and neck. The head and underparts are pinkish, shading to buff on the lower [[abdomen]]. A chequered rufous and grey patch is found on the sides of the neck of adults and is made up of split feathers. The upper parts are brownish with a bluish-grey band along the wing. The back is uniform and dull brown in the South Asian population. The African populations ''S. s. senegalensis'' and ''S. s. phoenicophila'' have a bluish grey rump and upper tail coverts but differ in the shades of the neck and wing feathers while ''S. s. aegyptiaca'' is larger and the head and nape are vinous and upper wing coverts are rufous.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Notes on pigeons|author=Hartert, E|pages=78–88|url=https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoolog231916roth#page/82/mode/1up|year=1916| volume=23|journal=Novitates Zoologicae}}</ref> The tail is graduated and the outer feathers are tipped in white. The sexes are indistinguishable in the field. [[Juvenile (organism)|Young birds]] lack the chequered neck markings. The [[leg]]s are red. The populations vary slightly in plumage with those from more arid zones being paler.<ref name=hbk>{{cite book|author1=Ali, S.  |author2=S.D. Ripley| year=1981|title=Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Volume 3|edition=2nd| pages=155–157|publisher=Oxford University Press| place= New Delhi}}</ref> Abnormal [[leucism|leucistic]] plumages have been noted.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Javed, S |year=1992| title=Albinism in little brown dove |journal=[[Newsletter for Birdwatchers]] | volume=32| issue=3&4|page=12|url=https://archive.org/stream/NLBW32_34#page/n13/mode/2up}}</ref>

The chuckling call is a low rolling ''croo-doo-doo-doo-doo'' with a rising and falling amplitude.<ref>{{cite book|title=Popular handbook of Indian birds|edition=4th| publisher=Gurney and Jackson|place=London|author=Whistler, Hugh|year=1949|pages=397–398|url=https://archive.org/stream/popularhandbooko033226mbp#page/n448/mode/1up/}}</ref>