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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.
The mourning dove appears as the Carolina turtle-dove on plate 286 of Audubon's Birds of America. [19] References to mourning doves appear frequently in Native American literature. Mourning Dove was the pen name of Christine Quintasket, one of the first published Native American women authors
Streptopelia (collared doves and turtle doves) is a genus of 15 species of birds in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae native to the Old World in Africa, Europe, and Asia. These are mainly slim, small to medium-sized species.
But conservationists say measures are in place to boost habitat and curb hunting of the highly threatened birds.
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The Oriental turtle dove or rufous turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) is a member of the bird family Columbidae. The species has a wide native distribution range from Central Asia east across Asia to Japan. The populations show variations in the patterning of plumage and have been designated into at least six named subspecies.
European turtle dove: Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus, 1758) EU: primarily Europe; to North Africa and China: 58: Dusky turtle dove: Streptopelia lugens (Rüppell, 1837) AF, EU: east Africa and Arabian Peninsula: 59: Adamawa turtle dove: Streptopelia hypopyrrha (Reichenow, 1910) AF: West Africa: 60: Oriental turtle dove: Streptopelia orientalis ...