Vinaceous Dove (Streptopelia vinacea)

Other Names (World)
Vinaceous Dove, Vinaceous Ring-dove, Vinaceous Turtle-dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

Mauritania, Senegambia and Guinea east to Eritrea, central Ethiopia and Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (101)...)

Vinaceous Dove (Streptopelia vinacea) [XC142224]
by Fernand Deroussen from Botanical Gardens, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana (song)

Vinaceous Dove (Streptopelia vinacea) [XC441092]
by Bram Piot from Kombo South, West Coast Region, Gambia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Vinaceous Dove (Streptopelia vinacea) - 10 files

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