European turtle dove: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the European turtle dove lives – recorded in 55 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Streptopelia turtur
Group	Pigeons & doves
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	55 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	8.2 g (birth weight); 136 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Columbiformes
Family	Columbidae

Where does the European turtle dove live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the European turtle dove in 55 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Aveyron.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an European turtle dove?

Wikidata records the following for the European turtle dove: mass 8.2 g (birth weight); 136 g (adult weight).

Is the European turtle dove endangered?

The European turtle dove’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the European turtle dove?

The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a bird in the order Columbiformes and the family Columbidae, genus Streptopelia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the European turtle dove

The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a threatened or vulnerable member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It breeds over a wide area of the south western Palearctic including north Africa but migrates to northern sub-Saharan Africa in winter.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article European turtle dove (revision 1380359569), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q168514 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).