Mourning Collared Dove
Streptopelia decipiens(Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO, 1870)
English (US) Mourning Collared Dove
The Mourning Collared Dove (Streptopelia decipiens) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
- Scientific name
- Streptopelia decipiens
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mourning Collared Dove
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO, 1870)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Streptopelia decipiens shelleyi
- Streptopelia decipiens logonensis
- Streptopelia decipiens decipiens
- Streptopelia decipiens elegans
- Streptopelia decipiens perspicillata
- Streptopelia decipiens ambigua
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turtur decipiens
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO, 1870)
- Type locality
- East Africa = Dongola, fixed by Zedlitz, Journ. f. Orn., 62, 1914, p. 647.
- Original description
- Die Vögel Ost-Afrikas p.544
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Eurasian Collared Dove
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Burmese Collared Dove
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White-winged Collared Dove
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African Collared Dove
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Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
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Island Bronze-naped Pigeon
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