Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Red Turtle-dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica) - HBW 4, p. 139
French: Tourterelle à tête grise
German: Zwerglachtaube
Spanish: Tórtola Cabecigrís
Other common names: Red Ring-dove, Red-collared Dove, Dwarf Turtle-dove
Taxonomy: Columba tranquebarica Hermann, 1804, Tranquebaria, India.
A very distinctive species, distantly related to the S. roseogrisea group. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tranquebarica (Hermann, 1804) - Sind and Punjab E to W Nepal, Bihar and Bengal, and S through peninsular India.
- humilis (Temminck, 1824) - NE Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim and Assam through Myanmar, Andaman Is, Thailand and Indochina to N China, Taiwan and N Philippines.
- Least Concern
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A male on a wire besides a road, singing Ror Ror Jor Ror Por, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp humilis)
Josep del Hoyo 20 November 2004 4 years ago 38 sec 3.9 -
A group of males and females foraging, with the song of a Common Koel in the background Safari World, Minburi District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp humilis)
Josep del Hoyo 21 November 2004 3 years ago 26 sec 3.8 -
A male on a wire, preening Ror Ror Jor Ror Por, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp humilis)
Josep del Hoyo 20 November 2004 4 years ago 28 sec 3.7 -
A male preening, being joined by a female, and then both preening separately Ror Ror Jor Ror Por, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp humilis)
Josep del Hoyo 20 November 2004 4 years ago 38 sec 3.6 -
A male and a female preening, then getting closer together and preening each other Ror Ror Jor Ror Por, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp humilis)
Josep del Hoyo 20 November 2004 4 years ago 30 sec 3.6 -
A male cooing in front of female on wire Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2006 33 weeks ago 7 sec 3.5
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A female on a wire. Hodal, Faridabad District, Haryana, India
J.M. Garg 16 November 2006 36 weeks ago 3.7 -
Monsoon breeding visitor Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 25 August 2009 7 weeks ago 3.2 -
A bird perched on the peak of a temple Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp humilis)
Jim Watt 14 February 2010 6 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 3 -
A standing bird. Da-an Park, Taipei City, Taiwan
alder 4 February 2008 1 year ago 3 -
A bird in a tree. India
Bhaskar Bora 23 May 2010 9 weeks ago 2.8
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Calls by male Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2005 41 weeks ago 4
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