These doves are extremely common in all West Africa and beyond, but maybe not where you are? I love the detail of their feathers and the rusty colour too.
Their full name is Laughing dove / Spilopelia senegalensis / Tourterelle maillée.
This specimen was clicked in Agbodrafo, Togo.
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