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European Turtle Dove

Streptopelia turtur

European Turtle Dove
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Turteldue er en dueart, der lever i Europa, det nordlige Afrika og Asien. Den danske population er på mindre end 250 individer, og den er regnet som en truet art på den danske rødliste 2019.

Field marks

Small, delicate dove with warm orange-brown, black-spotted upperparts, a black-and-white striped neck patch and a grey-vinous head and neck; black tail with a white edge.

Can be confused with

  • Eurasian Collared Dove — Collared Dove is uniformly pale sandy-grey with a thin black half-collar and a longer tail — not the Turtle Dove's orange-brown scaly wings and striped neck patch.

Voice

A deep, monotonous, purring "turr-turr-turr".

Facts

Wingspan

50 cm

Conservation status

sårbar

Family

pigeons and doves

Columbidae

Read more

This is a short overview for the quiz. For the full account, go to the sources:

  • Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
  • Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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