Afghanistan (B), Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), Cambodia (B), Canada, China (mainland) (B), Hong Kong (China), India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of], Japan (B), Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Laos (B), Mongolia (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), North Korea (B), Oman, Pakistan (B), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), South Korea (B), Taiwan (China) (B), Tajikistan (B), Thailand (B), Turkey (B), USA, Uzbekistan (B), Vietnam (B).
Vagrant to Austria, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq (P), Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Maldives, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Voice
Soft deep 'kuu', 'uu' or 'pwuu'. During breeding season a soft, repeating hollow crooning, 'or-doo doo-doo hoo-hoo hoo hoaw' or 'der-der-pou-pou der-der-pou-pou'.
Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) [XC589138]
by Brendan Sloan from Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea (song)
Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) [XC266202]
by Albert Lastukhin from Gornyy Khutor, Chernigovskiy rayon, Primorskiy kray, Russian Federation (song)
Subspecies
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
meena (Sykes, 1832) - Southern part of western Siberia to western Altai, south to Turkestan, Iran, Afghanistan, Kashmir and Himalayas east to western Nepal. Winters mainly in India.
orientalis (Latham, 1790) - Central Siberia through Transbaikalia, Amurland and Sakhalin to Kuril Is, Japan and Korea, and south through much of China to Himalayas, northern Assam, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan and northern Vietnam. Winters in southern and eastern Asia.
stimpsoni (Stejneger, 1887) - Ryukyu Is (Amami-oshima south to Senkaku Is).
orii Yamashina, 1932 - Taiwan.
erythrocephala (Bonaparte, 1855) - Peninsular India.
agricola (Tickell, 1833) - North-eastern India (Bihar, Orissa, Bengal, southern Assam) east to Myanmar (south to Tenasserim) and south-central China (western Yunnan, Hainan).