Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

African Collared-dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) - HBW 4, p. 137

French: Tourterelle rieuse German: Lachtaube Spanish: Tórtola Rosigrís
Other common names: Pink-headed Dove, Rosy-grey Turtle-dove; Barbary Dove (“risoria”)

Taxonomy: Columbam roseogriseam [sic] Sundevall, 1857, Nubia.
Forms a superspecies with S. bitorquata, S. decaocto and S. reichenowi; sometimes considered conspecific with S. decaocto. Domesticated form, sometimes referred to as “S. risoria”, has been subject of many studies on genetics, psychology, ethology, neurophysiology and notably endocrinology. Populations W of L Chad sometimes awarded separate race, bornuensis. Two subspecies recognized.

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