Dusky Turtle Dove
Streptopelia lugens(RĂĽppell, WPES, 1837)
English (US) Dusky Turtle Dove
The Dusky Turtle Dove (Streptopelia lugens) 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.
Range: montane forest of eastern Africa and southwestern ArabiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Streptopelia lugens
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dusky Turtle Dove
- Described by
- (RĂĽppell, WPES, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba lugens
- Described by
- (RĂĽppell, WPES, 1837)
- Type locality
- Taranta Mountains and Province of Simien, Ethiopia.
- Original description
- Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Vögel p.64 pl.22 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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