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

Tourterelle des bois
adult plum. breeding
Tourterelle des bois
juvenile

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,

Voice song and cries

Tourterelle des bois
adult

Habitat

Tourterelle des bois
adult plum. breeding

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
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 25-01-2024
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