Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (52)
- Subspecies (6)
Luis F. Baptista, Pepper W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.1 — Published October 25, 2022
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooiborsduifie |
| Albanian | Turtulli i kafejtë |
| Arabic | اليمامة الضاحكة |
| Armenian | Փոքր տատրակ |
| Asturian | Rulla senegalesa |
| Azerbaijani | Xırda qumru |
| Bulgarian | Малка гургулица |
| Catalan | tórtora del Senegal |
| Chinese (SIM) | 棕斑鸠 |
| Croatian | plavokrila grlica |
| Czech | hrdlička senegalská |
| Danish | Palmedue |
| Dutch | Palmtortel |
| English | Laughing Dove |
| English (India) | Laughing Dove (Little Brown Dove) |
| English (United States) | Laughing Dove |
| Finnish | palmukyyhky |
| French | Tourterelle maillée |
| French (France) | Tourterelle maillée |
| Galician | Rula das palmeiras |
| German | Palmtaube |
| Greek | Φοινικοτρύγονο |
| Gujarati | નાનો બદામી હોલો |
| Hebrew | צוצלת |
| Hindi | छोटा फाख्ता |
| Hungarian | Pálmagerle |
| Icelandic | Díladúfa |
| Italian | Tortora delle palme |
| Japanese | ワライバト |
| Lithuanian | Mažasis purplelis |
| Malayalam | തവിടൻ പ്രാവ് |
| Marathi | होला |
| Mongolian | Өөдсөн хүүрзгэнэ |
| Norwegian | palmedue |
| Odia | ତାମ୍ବି କପତ |
| Persian | قمری خانگی |
| Polish | synogarlica senegalska |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Rola do Senegal |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rola-dos-palmares |
| Punjabi (India) | ਟੋਟਰੂ |
| Romanian | Turturică africană |
| Russian | Малая горлица |
| Serbian | Senegalska grlica |
| Slovak | hrdlička malá |
| Slovenian | Oazna grlica |
| Spanish | Tórtola Senegalesa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tórtola senegalesa |
| Swedish | palmduva |
| Telugu | సొవాత గువ్వ |
| Turkish | Küçük Kumru |
| Ukrainian | Горлиця мала |
| Zulu | ukhonzane |
Revision Notes
Peter F. D. Boesman contributed to the Sounds and Vocal Behaviors page. Nicholas D. Sly standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Leo Gilman copyedited the account.
Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Columba senegalensis
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.283.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- Spilopelia
- senegala / senegalensis / senegalla / senegallensis / senegalli / senegallus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: 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)
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Distribution of the Laughing Dove
