European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) [XC413003]
by Jorge Leit\u00e3o from K\u00f6yce\u011fiz, Mu\u011fla, Poland (song)
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) [XC58767]
by Johan S\u00f6dercrantz from Pouzols, H\u00e9rault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (song, 2 song types)
Nest
Flimsy platform of small twigs, in a hedge or small tree.
Eggs (Guide)
1 - 2; glossy, white; oval or ellipsoidal. Incubation: 13 - 14 days; by both sexes.
Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
turtur (Linnaeus, 1758) - Central and southern Britain east to Poland and northern Russia, south to northern Mediterranean coast, and on through Asia Minor and Syria to Kazakhstan and western Siberia. Also Madeira and Canary Is.
arenicola (Hartert, 1894) - Morocco east to Tripoli, and from Iraq and Iran east through Afghanistan, Turkestan and Kirghiz Steppes to north-western China.
hoggara (Geyr von Schweppenburg, 1916) - Hoggar and Aïr Massifs in southern Sahara.
rufescens (Brehm, CL, 1845) - Dakhla and Kharga Oases in Egypt, as well as Faiyûm and parts of Nile Delta.
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RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7
BirdLife International Species Factsheet