European Turtle Dove

Streptopelia turtur - Tourterelle des bois

Systematics

Order
:
Columbiformes
Family
:
Columbidés
Genus
:
Streptopelia
Species
:
turtur

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 29 cm
Wingspan
: 47 à 53 cm.
Weight
: 150 à 225 g

Longevity

13 years

Geographic range

Distribution

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,
turturduva,
歐斑鳩,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Temperate, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Illustration

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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 (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest