European turtle dove
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For other species called turtle doves, see Streptopelia.
The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a threatened or vulnerable 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.
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European turtle dove | |
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An adult in Hungary and song recorded in Hampshire, England | |
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 | |
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