Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste (B) (NB), Vietnam.
Vagrant to Afghanistan, Maldives.
Introduced to Australia, Fiji, Mauritius, Mexico, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, USA (B), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (PE) (B).
Southern Asia and Indonesia.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis) [XC488677]
by Greg Irving from Singapore Botanic Gardens (near Singapore), Singapore (call)
Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis) [XC447267]
by Cedric Mroczko from Tambon Mae Win, Amphoe Mae Wang, Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand (song)
Nest
A slight, untidy, structure composed of sticks, twigs, pine needles, grass or straw, in a tree or shrub.
Eggs (Guide)
2; glossy, white; oval; about 29 x 23 mm. Incubation: 14 - 16 days; by both sexes.
Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 15 days.
Subspecies
Streptopelia senegalensis and Streptopelia chinensis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are placed in the genus Stigmatopelia following Cheke (2005).
Distinct from all other members of genus. Closest relative has been claimed to be Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis). Subspecies suratensis has been considered sufficiently distinct for potential recognition as a separate species. Many more subspecies have been described.
The following 8 subspecies are recognised:
chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) - Myanmar to central and eastern China (Sichuan, western Yunnan and Hainan northern and east to Hebei) and Taiwan.
forresti Rothschild, 1925 - North-western Yunnan and north-eastern Burma.
formosa (Kuroda, 1927) - Taiwan.
hainana (Hartert, 1910) - Hainan.
suratensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) - Pakistan, Nepal and India south to Sri Lanka, and east to Bhutan and Assam. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Western Spotted Dove (Spilopelia suratensis).
ceylonensis (Reichenbach, 1851) - Sri Lanka.
vacillans Hartert, 1916 - South-eastern Yunnan.
tigrina (Temminck, 1809) - Bangladesh, extreme north-eastern India, Myanmar and Thailand through Indochina, Philippines and Greater and Lesser Sundas to Timor.
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