The Namaqua dove is a small pigeon. The dove is a widespread resident breeding bird in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar with its range extending into Middle East. In Jordan, it habitat in Aqaba Bird’s Observatory and Fifa reservation. 

The Namaqua dove is a tiny sparrow -sized pigeon, typically 22 cm in length with a 28–33 cm wingspan, and weighing 40g. It has a very long black tapered tail. The plumage is mostly grey apart from a white belly, and chestnut primary feathers that are visible in flight. The adult male has a yellow and red beak and a black face, throat and breast. The food is almost exclusively minute seeds, such as those of grasses, sedges and weeds.

يتميز الذكر بوضوح من اللون الأسود على وجه وصدره ولون المنقار البرتقالي ما يجعل التعرف عليه سهلاً. كثيراً ما يشاهد هذا الطائر وهو حاط على الأرض ويكون في شكل جماعات صغيرة. يتغذى على الحبوب والبذور التي يجدها على سطح الأرض.‏