European turtle dove

European turtle dove
An adult in Hungary and song
recorded in Hampshire, England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Streptopelia
Species:
S. turtur
Binomial name
Streptopelia turtur
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Range of S. turtur

      breeding         non-breeding

Synonyms

The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a threatened or vulnerable member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It breeds over a wide area of the south western Palearctic including north Africa but migrates to northern sub-Saharan Africa to winter.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Streptopelia turtur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22690419A154373407. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22690419A154373407.en. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. ^ Brehm (1891). "Turteltaube". Die Vögel (in German). Vol. 2.