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Oriental Turtle Dove

From Opus

Alternative name: Rufous Turtle Dove

Photo by FrancksanHokkaido, Japan, August 2010
Photo by Francksan
Hokkaido, Japan, August 2010
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

Photo by StoopFukushimagata, Niigata, Japan, July 2011
Photo by Stoop
Fukushimagata, Niigata, Japan, July 2011

[edit] Similar species

in the western part of the range of Oriental Turtle-Dove and when this one occurs as a vagrant to Europe, European Turtle-Dove is a relevant bird to look at.

[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are six subspecies generally recognised[1]:

  • 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)

[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. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Birdforum thread discussing identification of European Turtle-Dove vs meena Oriental Turtle-Dove
  3. Avibase
  4. Wikipedia

[edit] External Links

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