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Oriental Turtle-Dove

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Photo by Yeshey DorjiThimphu, western Bhutan, August 2004
Photo by Yeshey Dorji
Thimphu, western Bhutan, August 2004
Streptopelia orientalis

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[edit] Identification

  • Scaley buff-brown on back and wings (the feathers are black fringed with buff, grey, or red
  • Black and white neck patches
  • Long, grey, white-tipped tail
  • Red legs

Sexes are similar

[edit] Distribution

Siberia, Iran, India, China, Korea, southeast Asia, and southern Japan.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

There are six subspecies generally recognised:

  • S. o. meena:
  • S. o. orientalis:
  • S. o. stimpsoni :
  • Ryukyu Islands
  • S. o. orii:
  • S. o. erythrocephala:
  • S. o. agricola:
  • North-eastern India to Myanmar and south-central China (western Yunnan and Hainan Island)

Previous alternative name Rufous Turtle Dove[1]

[edit] Habitat

Forests and light woodland, city parks and gardens

[edit] Behaviour

Two white eggs are laid in a twig nest in a tree.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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