Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola) [XC683132]
by Dawie de Swardt from Makana Local Municipality, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)
Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola) [XC533477]
by Dawie de Swardt from City of Matlosana (near Orkney), Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Vinaceous Dove (Streptopelia vinacea).
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
electa (Madarász, 1913) - Western Ethiopia.
somalica (Erlanger, 1905) - Eastern Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya south to Uaso Nyiro R.
tropica (Reichenow, 1902) - Central Kenya to Angola, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
onguati Macdonald, 1957 - South-western Angola and northern Namibia.