Oriental Turtle Dove

Streptopelia orientalis - Tourterelle orientale

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Columbiformes

  • Family
    :

    Columbidés

  • Genus
    :

    Streptopelia

  • Species
    :

    orientalis

Descriptor

Latham, 1790

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 35 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 55 à 56 cm.
  • Weight
    : 165 à 274 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tourterelle orientale
adult plum. post breeding
Tourterelle orientale
adult

Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Streptopelia orientalis orientalis (c Siberia to Japan, China, the e Himalayas and Taiwan)
  • Streptopelia orientalis meena (sw Siberia to Iran and the c Himalayas)
  • Streptopelia orientalis stimpsoni (Ryukyu Is.. Japan.)
  • Streptopelia orientalis erythrocephala (c, s India)
  • Streptopelia orientalis agricola (ne India, Myanmar and n Thailand to sc China)

Foreign names

  • Tourterelle orientale,
  • Tórtola oriental,
  • rola-oriental,
  • Orientturteltaube,
  • keleti gerle,
  • Oosterse Tortel,
  • Tortora orientale,
  • större turturduva,
  • Mongolturteldue,
  • hrdlička stepná,
  • hrdlička východní,
  • Østlig Turteldue,
  • idänturturikyyhky,
  • tórtora rogenca,
  • Branddúfa,
  • turkawka wschodnia,
  • austrumu ūbele,
  • orientalska grlica,
  • Большая горлица,
  • キジバト,
  • 山斑鸠,
  • นกเขาพม่า,
  • 金背鳩〔山斑鳩〕,

Voice song and cries

Tourterelle orientale
adult

Habitat

Tourterelle orientale
adult

Forest : Boreal, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Boreal, Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Aquaculture Ponds, Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Tourterelle orientale
published: - Updated: 21-06-2012
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