Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)

Other Names (World)
Red-eyed Dove, Black Dove, Black Pigeon, Half-collared Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(R�ppell, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, lowland dry shrubland, mangroves, dry savanna. From 200 - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Yemen (B), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Africa south of Sahara and south-western Arabia.

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 (60)...)

Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata) [XC718347]
by David Darrell-Lambert from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (call)

Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata) [XC634818]
by Dawie de Swardt from Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, Filimoni, Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi (call, song)

Subspecies
Closely related to Mourning Collared-dove (Streptopelia decipiens).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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