Tambourine Dove
Turtur tympanistria(Temminck, CJ, 1809)
English (US) Tambourine Dove
The Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria) 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: sub-Saharan Africa, Bioko, and ComorosRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Turtur tympanistria
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tambourine Dove
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1809)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba Tympanistria
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1809)
- Type locality
- South Africa.
- Original description
- Les Pigeons p.80, pl.36
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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