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 LC    Oriental Turtle-Dove* Id (Atlas):
    Streptopelia orientalis Vagrant

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Oriental Turtle-Dove, Eastern Turtle-dove, Rufous Turtle-dove, Mountain Turtle-dove, Oriental Turtle Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
30 - 35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Latham, 1790)

Habitat
Open boreal forest to subtropical forest, particularly around the wooded edge, ffarmland, parks, and suburban gardens.

Range (Guide)
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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (94)...)

 
Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) [XC286093]
     by Gilles Monfort from Banna Park, Ishigaki-jima, Japan (song)

 
Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) [XC285958]
     by Albert Lastukhin & Yuri Glushchenko from Mi-ike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan (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).



References
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Files:
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