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European Turtle Dove

Streptopelia turtur

Classification

Class
Aves

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. Taxonomy The European turtle dove was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.

Distribution

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Spain · 63,405France · 55,396Netherlands · 13,920Italy · 6,540United Kingdom · 6,224Germany · 5,144Belgium · 633Switzerland · 435Luxembourg · 173