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 VU    European Turtle-Dove* Id (Atlas):
    Streptopelia turtur

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
European Turtle-Dove, Common Turtle-dove, Isabelline Turtle-dove (rufescens), Wood Dove, European Turtle Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
26 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Temperate forest, shrubland, boreal forest. Also, subtropical and tropical heavily degraded former forest, rural gardens, arable land. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B), Albania (B), Algeria, Andorra (B), Armenia (B), Austria (B), Azerbaijan (B), Bahrain (B), Belarus (B), Belgium (B), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (P), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China (mainland) (B), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), Cyprus (B), Czech Republic (B), Denmark (B) (P), Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia (B), Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Finland (B), France (B) (P), Gabon, Gambia, Georgia (B), Germany (B) (P), Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece (B) (P), Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Hungary (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (P), Ireland (B), Israel (B), Italy (B) (P), Jordan (B) (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Latvia (B), Lebanon (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein (B), Lithuania (B), Luxembourg (B), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Mali, Malta (B), Mauritania, Moldova [Republic of] (B), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Netherlands Antilles (B), Niger, Nigeria, Oman (B), Poland (B), Portugal (B), Qatar (B), Romania (B), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B) (P), Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Serbia (B), Sierra Leone, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B) (NB), Slovenia (B), Somalia, Spain (B), Sudan, Sweden (B), Switzerland (B), Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tajikistan (B), Togo, Tunisia, Turkey (B), Turkmenistan (B), Ukraine (B) (P), United Arab Emirates (B), United Kingdom (B), Uzbekistan (B), Western Sahara, Yemen.

Vagrant to Botswana, Comoros, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Djibouti, Iceland, Kenya, Liberia, Maldives, Namibia, Norway, Pakistan, Seychelles, South Africa, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000,000 - 100,000,000 (2010).

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Seeds and fruits of weeds and cereal crops.

Voice
A lazy, deep, purring, 'coo'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (411)...)

 
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) [XC302913]
     by Dimitri from Zeewolde, Zeewolde, Flevoland, France (song)

 
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) [XC645018]
     by Jorge Leit\u00e3o from Great Britain (near Snettisham), Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (song)

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.



References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
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


Files:
JPG files for European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur) - 10 files


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