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Photo by Steve G
Photographed: Dehesa, Caceres province, Spain

Photo by Andy T
Juvenile photographed at: Motney Hill, Rainham, Kent.

Streptopelia turtur

[edit] Identification

30cm.

• Grey brown plumage
• Sides of head are yellow
• Pink neck and breast
• Grey blue nape, crown, flanks and rump
• Cinnamon wings with black mottling
• White belly and undertail coverts
• Red eye rim
• Red legs and toes

[edit] Distribution

Western Palearctic to northern Afghanistan. Winters to south to southern Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Open woodlands.

[edit] Behaviour

Its nest is built from twigs and is placed in a tree; 2 white eggs are laid which are incubated by both sexes.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links