Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)

Other Names (World)
Tambourine Dove, Forest Dove, White-breasted Pigeon, White-breasted Wood-dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1809)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 3,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Senegal.

Introduced to Comoros.

Senegambia through coastal western Africa to Ethiopia and southern Somalia, and south through central and eastern Africa to eastern and southern South Africa; also Bioko (Fernando Póo) and Comoro Is.

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 (138)...)

Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria) [XC633732]
by Louis A. Hansen from Massingini NaturalForestReserve_Magharibi, Mjini Magharibi Region_Zanzibar, Tanzania (song)

Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria) [XC99726]
by Sander Bot from Lake Barombi Mbo, Cameroon (song)

Subspecies
All populations north of R Cunene (southern Angola) and R Zambezi formerly separated in subspecies fraseri.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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