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Revision as of 18:02, 27 July 2013
- 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
Similar Species
Oriental Turtle-Dove is probably the biggest problem, especially birds of subspecies meena
Distribution
Western Palearctic to northern Afghanistan. Winters south to southern Africa.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
This is a polytypic species, consisting of four subspecies:
- S. t. turtur:
- Azores, Canary Islands and Europe to western Siberia and Kazakhstan
- S. t. arenicola:
- Balearic Islands and north-western Africa to Iran and extreme western China
- S. t. hoggara:
- Southern Sahara (Aïr Massif and Hoggar Mountains)
- S. t. rufescens:
Habitat
Open woodlands.
Behaviour
Its nest is built from twigs and is placed in a tree. The clutch consists of 2 white eggs which are incubated by both sexes.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Streptopelia turtur (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Birdforum thread discussing identification of European Turtle-Dove vs meena Oriental Turtle-Dove
- The Free Online Dictionary
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) European Turtle Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/European_Turtle_Dove
External Links