Diamond Dove

Who a Diamond Dove suits

For anyone who wants calm in the room rather than a relationship in the hand. Kept in pairs they are gentle, soft-voiced and undemanding. People who want a bird that steps up, talks back or learns tricks should not start here — none of that is on offer.

How to build the bond: Sit near and speak softly — a dove's trust is a quiet room shared. That sits on top of how the species works generally: Bond through rhythm — morning greetings, call-and-response, meals in company. To a bird, being answered is being loved.

The Diamond Dove against the other nineteen

Lined up stillest to liveliest, the Diamond Dove is the stillest of the twenty bird breeds here, one of 1 in the calm band — the daily cost is low and the ceiling on stimulation is lower, which is a good trade for a quiet household and a poor one for anybody who wanted a project.

Ordered by how near each one sits to the Diamond Dove on the energy axis, then by the notes they have in common. Every bird breed reads this table from its own position, so no two of the twenty are ordered alike.

The birth years a Diamond Dove sits easiest with

This half of the reading is the species rather than the breed — every bird meets a given birth year the same way. These are the communities that sit easiest with one:

• Whale Spirit Guardian—1948,1960,1972,1984and later
• Monkey Spirit Guardian—1956,1968,1980,1992and later
• Eagle Spirit Guardian—1957,1969,1981,1993and later
• Elephant Spirit Guardian—1959,1971,1983,1995and later

A birth year outside that list is not a warning — it is the half of the reading this page cannot settle on its own. Seat the pair on the board and it reads the rest. What the bird is like as a companion applies to the Diamond Dove as much as to the other nineteen.

A pairing that involves an animal returns a word rather than a percentage. The board's deepest layer reads two inner selves against each other and an animal cannot hold one, so the result is described rather than scored — what is read here is the keeper's birth year against the species, and the breed decides everything about living with it day to day. An animal does get a chart of its own once its birth hour is known, one rung further up.

Frequently asked

What is a Diamond Dove like to live with?

A whisper of a bird — Diamond Doves coo softly, live gently in pairs, and bring a calm that cage birds rarely offer. They bond to presence, not to hands. On the energy axis this catalogue uses, the Diamond Dove reads as calm — 1st of the twenty bird breeds here when they are lined up stillest to liveliest.

Who is a Diamond Dove a good match for?

For anyone who wants calm in the room rather than a relationship in the hand. Kept in pairs they are gentle, soft-voiced and undemanding. People who want a bird that steps up, talks back or learns tricks should not start here — none of that is on offer.

How do you bond with a Diamond Dove?

Sit near and speak softly — a dove's trust is a quiet room shared. That sits on top of how the species works generally: Bond through rhythm — morning greetings, call-and-response, meals in company. To a bird, being answered is being loved. The thing that most reliably undoes it — Silence is the one cruelty — a bird left out of the conversation plucks the loneliness into its feathers.

Which bird breeds are most like a Diamond Dove?

Cockatiel, Gouldian Finch, Senegal Parrot — nearest first, measured on energy band and shared traits. At the other end of the same twenty sits the Macaw, opposite ends. Every one of the nineteen is ranked against the Diamond Dove further up this page.