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[[Image:European_Turtle_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br>Photographed: Dehesa, Caceres province, [[Spain]]]] | [[Image:European_Turtle_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br>Photographed: Dehesa, Caceres province, [[Spain]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Juv Turtle Dovebirds94MotneyHill 003bf.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Andy+T|Andy T}}<br />Juvenile photographed at: Motney Hill, Rainham, [[Kent]].]] | ||
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;[[:Category:Streptopelia|Streptopelia]] turtur | ;[[:Category:Streptopelia|Streptopelia]] turtur | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 30cm. | ||
| + | *Grey brown plumage | ||
| + | *Sides of head are yellow | ||
| + | *Pink neck and breast | ||
| + | *Grey blue nape, crown, flanks and rump | ||
| + | *Cinnamon wings with black mottling | ||
| + | *White belly and undertail coverts | ||
| + | *Red eye rim | ||
| + | *Red legs and toes | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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[[Western Palearctic]] to northern [[Afghanistan]]. Winters to south to southern [[Africa]]. | [[Western Palearctic]] to northern [[Afghanistan]]. Winters to south to southern [[Africa]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies. | Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Open woodlands. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Its nest is built from twigs and is placed in a tree; 2 white eggs are laid which are incubated by both sexes. | ||
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
<flashmp3>Streptopelia turtur (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Streptopelia turtur (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Streptopelia turtur (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Streptopelia turtur (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | Wikipedia | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Streptopelia+turtur}} | {{GSearch|Streptopelia+turtur}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Streptopelia]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Streptopelia]] | ||
Revision as of 16:14, 31 March 2009
- Streptopelia turtur
Identification
30cm.
- Grey brown plumage
- Sides of head are yellow
- Pink neck and breast
- Grey blue nape, crown, flanks and rump
- Cinnamon wings with black mottling
- White belly and undertail coverts
- Red eye rim
- Red legs and toes
Distribution
Western Palearctic to northern Afghanistan. Winters to south to southern Africa.
Taxonomy
Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies.
Habitat
Open woodlands.
Behaviour
Its nest is built from twigs and is placed in a tree; 2 white eggs are laid which are incubated by both sexes.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Streptopelia turtur (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
Wikipedia
