Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Oriental Turtle-dove (Streptopelia orientalis) - HBW 4, p. 134
French: Tourterelle orientale
German: Orientturteltaube
Spanish: Tórtola Oriental
Other common names: Eastern/Rufous/Mountain Turtle-dove
Taxonomy: Columba orientalis Latham, 1790, China.
Related to S. turtur, S. lugens and S. hypopyrrha. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- meena (Sykes, 1832) - S part of W Siberia to W Altai, S to Turkestan, Iran, Afghanistan, Kashmir and Himalayas E to W Nepal; winters mainly in India.
- orientalis (Latham, 1790) - C Siberia through Transbaikalia, Amurland and Sakhalin to Kuril Is, Japan and Korea, and S through much of China to Himalayas, N Assam, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan and N Vietnam; winters in S & E Asia.
- stimpsoni (Stejneger, 1887) - Ryukyu Is (Amami-oshima S to Senkaku Is).
- meena (Sykes, 1832) - S part of W Siberia to W Altai, S to Turkestan, Iran, Afghanistan, Kashmir and Himalayas E to W Nepal; winters mainly in India.
- orientalis (Latham, 1790) - C Siberia through Transbaikalia, Amurland and Sakhalin to Kuril Is, Japan and Korea, and S through much of China to Himalayas, N Assam, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan and N Vietnam; winters in S & E Asia.
- stimpsoni (Stejneger, 1887) - Ryukyu Is (Amami-oshima S to Senkaku Is).
- orii Yamashina, 1932 - Taiwan.
- erythrocephala (Bonaparte, 1855) - Peninsular India.
- agricola (Tickell, 1833) - NE India (Bihar, Orissa, Bengal, S Assam) E to Myanmar (S to Tenasserim) and SC China (W Yunnan, Hainan).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult foraging amongst leaf litter Locality Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (ssp meena)
Greg Baker 16 March 2011 30 weeks ago 26 sec 4 -
A bird foraging and eating on the ground. Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 1 year ago 40 sec 4 -
A bird foraging on the ground. Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 1 year ago 28 sec 3.8 -
Two birds walking and foraging next to a garden Locality Nangqian Forest Reserve, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp orientalis)
John Gregory 1 August 2002 4 years ago 24 sec 3.8 -
A vagrant bird in a tree, and then on a feeding table. Locality Wergea, Friesland Province, Netherlands (ssp meena)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 24 January 2010 33 weeks ago 17 sec 3.5 -
one adult bird Locality Wergea, Friesland Province, Netherlands (ssp meena)
Daniêl Jimenez 23 January 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 3.4
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One bird
Locality Heuksan-do Island, Jeollan Province, South Korea
Rémi Bigonneau 31 October 2011 12 weeks ago 3.9 -
Searching food on the ground.
Locality Taiwan
alder 10 January 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
A bird perched.
Locality Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Western Russia, Russia
Josep del Hoyo 2 May 2009 1 year ago 3.7 -
In the forest area
Locality Mussoorie, Dehradun District, Uttarakhand, India
jugal Tiwari 25 May 2009 1 year ago 3.7 -
One bird preening
Locality Heuksan-do Island, Jeollan Province, South Korea
Rémi Bigonneau 31 October 2011 12 weeks ago 3.7 -
Bird perched in tree on route from Paro to Thimpu, Bhutan
Locality Bhutan
Miriam Bauman 8 April 2007 1 year ago 3.2
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Calling from a tree Locality Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
(ssp orientalis)
Joe Angseesing 15 March 2009 1 year ago 2.5
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