European turtle dove

European turtle dove
An adult in Hungary and song
recorded in Hampshire, England
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Streptopelia
Species:
S. turtur
Binomial name
Streptopelia turtur
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Range of S. turtur

      breeding         non-breeding

Synonyms
  • Columba turtur (protonym)
  • Turtur communis

The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a threatened or vulnerable member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It breeds over a wide area of the south western Palearctic including north Africa but migrates to northern sub-Saharan Africa to winter.