Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Europese Tortelduif
Common Names in Dutch:
Zomertortel, Zomertortel / Tortelduif
Common Names in English:
Eurasian Turtle Dove, European Turtle Dove, European Turtle-Dove, Turtle Dove, Turtle-Dove
Common Names in French:
Tourterelle Des Bois
Common Names in German:
Turteltaube
Common Names in Hebrew:
תור מצוי
Common Names in Italian:
Tortora, Tortora Selvatica
Common Names in Japanese:
コキジバト
Common Names in Russian:
Obyknovennaya Gorlitsa, Горлица обыкновенная, Обыкновенной горлица
Common Names in Spanish:
Tórtola Común
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Columbiformes
()
- Latham, 1790
- Suborder:
Columbae
()
- Latham, 1790
- Family:
Columbidae
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Subfamily:
Columbinae
()
- Genus:
Streptopelia
()
- Bonaparte 1855
- Specific name:
turtur
- (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.164
- Subspecies:
turtur
- Scientific name: - Streptopelia turtur turtur (Linnaeus) 1758 (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.164
- Subspecies:
turtur
- Specific name:
turtur
- (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.164
- Genus:
Streptopelia
(
- Subfamily:
Columbinae
(
- Family:
Columbidae
(
- Suborder:
Columbae
(
- Order:
Columbiformes
(
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus
Similar Species
Members of the genus Streptopelia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. bitorquata (Javanese Collared Dove) · S. bitorquata bitorquata (Javanese Collared Dove) · S. capicola (Ring-Necked Turtle-Dove) · S. capicola capicola (Ring-Necked Turtle-Dove) · S. chinensis (Chinese Spotted Dove) · S. chinensis chinensis (Spotted Dove) · S. decaocto (Eurasian Collared Dove) · S. decipiens (Mourning Collared Dove) · S. decipiens decipiens (Mourning Collared Dove) · S. hypopyrrha (Pink-Bellied Turtle Dove) · S. lugens (Pink-Breasted Turtle Dove) · S. lugens lugens (Dusky Turtle Dove) · S. mayeri (Pink Pigeon) · S. orientalis (Oriental Turtle Dove) · S. orientalis orientalis (Oriental Turtle-Dove) · S. picturata (Madagascar Turtle Dove) · S. reichenowi (White-Winged Collared Dove) · S. risoria (Barbary Dove) · S. roseogrisea (African Collared Dove) · S. roseogrisea roseogrisea (African Collared Dove) · S. semitorquata (Red-Eyed Dove) · S. semitorquata semitorquata (Red-Eyed Dove) · S. senegalensis (Laughing Turtle-Dove) · S. tranquebarica (Red Collared Dove) · S. tranquebarica tranquebarica (Red Collared Dove) · S. turtur (Eurasian Turtle Dove) · S. turtur turtur (Eurasian Turtle Dove) · S. vinacea (Vinaceous Dove) · S. vinacea vinacea (Vinaceous Dove)
More Info
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Further Reading
- A hand-list of British birds, with an account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles and abroad. By Ernst Hartert, F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and H. F. Withersby. London, Witherby, 1912. url p. 161.
- A handbook to the vertebrate fauna of north Wales. London, Witherby & Co., 1919. url p. 56.
- Guide to the birds of Europe and North Africa. With a biographical memoir by William Eagle Clarke. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1923. url p. 253.
- Indian pigeons and doves / London: Witherby & Co., 1913. url , , , .
- Indian pigeons and doves / by E.C. Stuart Baker..., author of "Indian Ducks and their Allies"; with twenty-seven coloured plates from drawings by H. Gro?nvold and G.E. Lodge. London: Witherby & Co., 1913. url , p. 183, p. 188.
- Indian pigeons and doves. By E.C. Stuart Baker. .. With twenty-seven coloured plates from drawings by H. Grnvold and G.E. Lodge. 1913 London, Witherby & Co., 1913. url p. 183, p. 185, p. x.
- The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 511, p. 663.
- The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 835, p. 946.
- The Scottish naturalist. Arbroath [etc.]T. Buncle & Co. [etc.] url , p. 124, p. 134, p. 152, p. 192.
- Types of birds in the Tring Museum. n. p., 1922? url .
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13888932
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 677422
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 669419
