European Turtle Dove
Streptopelia turtur - Tourterelle des bois
Systematics
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Order:
Columbiformes
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Family:
Columbidés
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Genus:
Streptopelia
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Species:
turtur
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 29 cm
- Wingspan: 47 à 53 cm.
- Weight: 150 à 225 g
Longevity
13 years
Geographic range
Identification
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Streptopelia turtur turtur (Europe, Madeira and Canary Is. to w Siberia)
- Streptopelia turtur arenicola (nw Africa to Iran and w China)
- Streptopelia turtur hoggara (Air Massif and Hoggar Mts.. southern Sahara.)
- Streptopelia turtur rufescens (Egypt and n Sudan)
Foreign names
- Tourterelle des bois,
- Tórtola europea,
- rola-brava,
- Turteltaube,
- vadgerle,
- Zomertortel,
- Tortora selvatica,
- turturduva,
- Turteldue,
- hrdlička poľná,
- hrdlička divoká,
- Turteldue,
- turturikyyhky,
- Europese Tortelduif,
- tórtora eurasiàtica,
- Turtildúfa,
- turkawka (zwyczajna),
- parastā ūbele,
- divja grlica,
- Горлица,
- コキジバト,
- 欧斑鸠,
- 歐斑鳩,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Temperate, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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