European turtle dove

The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It breeds over a wide area of the south western Palearctic including north Africa but migrates to northern sub-Saharan Africa to winter.

European turtle dove
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Streptopelia
Species:
S. turtur
Binomial name
Streptopelia turtur
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Range of S. turtur
  Breeding
  Non-breeding
Synonyms
  • Columba turtur (protonym)
  • Turtur communis
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