Turtle-Doves and Collared-Doves
Streptopelia
Streptopelia is a genus of birds in the dove family. The name Streptopelia is from Ancient Greek streptos, "collar" and peleia, "dove". These are mainly slim, small to medium-sized species. The upperparts tend to be pale brown, and the underparts are often a shade of pink. Many have a characteristic black-and-white patch on the neck, and monotonous cooing songs.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Eurasian Collared-Dove
speciesStreptopelia decaocto
Oriental Turtle-Dove
speciesStreptopelia orientalis
European Turtle-Dove
speciesStreptopelia turtur
Red-eyed Dove
speciesStreptopelia semitorquata
Red Collared-Dove
speciesStreptopelia tranquebarica
Cape Turtle Dove
speciesStreptopelia capicola
African Collared-Dove
speciesStreptopelia roseogrisea
Mourning Collared Dove
speciesStreptopelia decipiens
Vinaceous Dove
speciesStreptopelia vinacea
Dusky Turtle-Dove
speciesStreptopelia lugens
Sunda Collared-Dove
speciesStreptopelia bitorquata
Philippine Collared-Dove
speciesStreptopelia dusumieri
Adamawa Turtle-Dove
speciesStreptopelia hypopyrrha
Burmese Collared-Dove
speciesStreptopelia xanthocycla
White-winged Collared-Dove
speciesStreptopelia reichenowi
Eurasian × African Collared-Dove
hybridStreptopelia decaocto × roseogrisea
Oriental Turtle-Dove × Eurasian Collared-Dove
hybridStreptopelia orientalis × decaocto
Streptopelia orientalis × roseogrisea
hybridStreptopelia orientalis × roseogrisea
Streptopelia bitorquata × roseogrisea
hybridStreptopelia bitorquata × roseogrisea
Streptopelia roseogrisea × tranquebarica
hybridStreptopelia roseogrisea × tranquebarica
European Turtle-Dove × Eurasian Collared-Dove
hybridStreptopelia turtur × decaocto
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2926.