EditorialOena capensis, Print, The Namaqua dove (Oena capensis) is a small pigeon. It is the only species in the genus Oena. The Madagascar endemic race is O. c. aliena., 1700-1880.
EditorialOena capensis (Namaqua dove). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 268 mm ? w 433 mm.
EditorialNamaqua dove, Oena capensis (Ectopistes? capensis, Cape turtle). Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Edward Lear from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842.
EditorialNamaqua dove, Oena capensis (Ectopistes? capensis, Cape turtle), native to Africa. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir William Jardine's "Naturalist's Li...