Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
African Mourning Dove (Streptopelia decipiens) - HBW 4, p. 138
French: Tourterelle pleureuse
German: Brillentaube
Spanish: Tórtola Engañosa
Other common names: Mourning Dove/Collared-dove
Taxonomy: Turtur decipiens Hartlaub and Finsch, 1870, Dongala, north Sudan.
Closely related to S. semitorquata; also related to S. decaocto and S. roseogrisea. Includes S. fulvopectoralis, known from a single juvenile specimen. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- shelleyi (Salvadori, 1893) - Mauritania and Senegambia to S Niger and C Nigeria.
- logonensis (Reichenow, 1921) - L Chad E to S Sudan, NE & E Zaire and W & N Uganda.
- decipiens (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) - Sudan (Darfur), N & C Ethiopia and NW Somalia.
- shelleyi (Salvadori, 1893) - Mauritania and Senegambia to S Niger and C Nigeria.
- logonensis (Reichenow, 1921) - L Chad E to S Sudan, NE & E Zaire and W & N Uganda.
- decipiens (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) - Sudan (Darfur), N & C Ethiopia and NW Somalia.
- elegans (Zedlitz, 1913) - S Ethiopia, S Somalia and N & E Kenya.
- perspicillata (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - W Kenya and C Tanzania.
- ambigua (Bocage, 1877) - E Angola, SE Zaire, Zambia and Malawi to R Zambezi and R Limpopo and adjacent lowlands.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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a bird on the ground Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp shelleyi)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 December 2011 1 year ago 1 min 27 sec 4.7 -
A close-up of a bird Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp decipiens)
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 7 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
Two birds in a puddle, drinking Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp decipiens)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 36 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding on the ground Locality Konso, Ethiopia (ssp decipiens)
Josep del Hoyo 13 December 2005 6 years ago 31 sec 4.4 -
Two birds in a puddle, one bathing with an open wing. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp decipiens)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A bird resting in a thick branch Locality Paraa Safari Lodge, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp logonensis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2006 6 years ago 35 sec 4.3
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A very confiding bird!
Locality Lake Baringo, Kenya
Rick Simpson 19 October 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
Adult
Locality Abuko Rice Fields, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 15 February 2011 27 weeks ago 4.3 -
An adult drinking
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 1 year ago 4.2 -
An adult perched in a tree.
Locality Bogol Manyo, Genale Valley, Ethiopia (ssp elegans)
David Beadle 26 January 2009 17 weeks ago 4 -
close-up of bird near lake
Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 18 July 2009 22 weeks ago 4 -
Close view.
Locality Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi Region, Namibia (ssp ambigua)
Fran Trabalon 16 November 2011 1 year ago 4
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Calls. 6:55am. Locality Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi Region, Namibia
(ssp ambigua)
Charles Hesse 21 November 2009 3 years ago 4.5
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