European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (49)
- Subspecies (4)
Luis F. Baptista, Pepper W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, Peter F. D. Boesman, Christopher J. Sharpe, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 11, 2018
Text last updated October 11, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Europese Tortelduif |
| Albanian | Turtulli |
| Arabic | قمري اوروبي |
| Armenian | Սովորական տատրակ |
| Asturian | Rulla europea |
| Azerbaijani | Adi qumru |
| Basque | Usapal europarra |
| Bulgarian | Обикновена гургулица |
| Catalan | tórtora eurasiàtica |
| Chinese (SIM) | 欧斑鸠 |
| Croatian | grlica |
| Czech | hrdlička divoká |
| Danish | Turteldue |
| Dutch | Zomertortel |
| English | European Turtle-Dove |
| English (Kenya) | European Turtle Dove |
| English (UK) | European Turtle Dove |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | European Turtle Dove |
| English (United States) | European Turtle-Dove |
| Faroese | Turtildúgva |
| Finnish | turturikyyhky |
| French | Tourterelle des bois |
| French (France) | Tourterelle des bois |
| Galician | Rula europea |
| German | Turteltaube |
| Greek | Τρυγόνι |
| Hebrew | תור מצוי |
| Hungarian | Vadgerle |
| Icelandic | Turtildúfa |
| Italian | Tortora selvatica |
| Japanese | コキジバト |
| Latvian | Parastā ūbele |
| Lithuanian | Paprastasis purplelis |
| Mongolian | Өрнийн хүүрзгэнэ |
| Norwegian | turteldue |
| Persian | قمری معمولی |
| Polish | turkawka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rola-brava |
| Romanian | Turturică |
| Russian | Горлица |
| Serbian | Grlica |
| Slovak | hrdlička poľná |
| Slovenian | Divja grlica |
| Spanish | Tórtola Europea |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tórtola europea |
| Swedish | turturduva |
| Turkish | Üveyik |
| Ukrainian | Горлиця звичайна |
| Zulu | ihobhe laseYurobhu |
Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Columba Turtur
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.164.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India, error = England.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STREPTOPELIA
- TURTUR
- turtur
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the European Turtle-Dove
