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| Streptopelia turtur |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Family: Columbidae |
Order: Columbiformes |
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Turtle-dove |
Tourterelle des bois |
Tórtola europea |
Turteltaube |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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some residents S of breeding range, TS |
Strongly migratory in most populations, but a few African birds resident in S of breeding range. Most birds
winter from Senegambia to Ethiopia and Eritrea; race arenicola has been recorded wintering in NW India on
occasion. Birds set off S Jul - Sept/Oct, moving N again Mar - May. Unusual exhibiting a broad front migratory
pattern on its way to its African wintering grounds. Unpredictable and irruptive visitor to some parts of Africa,
e.g. Sierra Leone. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1997)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1997) - www.hbw.com,
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |