Description
Illustration of Streptopelia turtur Linn., (Turtle Dove)
Date between 1832 and 1837
Source John Gould: The Birds of Europe, vol. 4 pl. 4 (as Columba turtur), Bibliothèque nationale de France
Author Drawn from Nature and on Stone by John and Elizabeth Gould.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turtle_Dove.jpg

The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. The turtle dove is a migratory species with a southern Palearctic range covering most of Europe and the Middle East and including Turkey and north Africa, although it is rare in northern Scandinavia and Russia. It winters in southern Africa. Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae, Genus: Streptopelia, Species: Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus, 1758), Synonyms: Turtur communis.