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European turtle dove

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Turtle dove
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Streptopelia
Species: turtur
Binomial name
Streptopelia turtur

The (European) Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a small dove distributed in Europe, Turkey and North Africa.

Other doves of the same genus are also called turtle doves, e.g. the Asian Eastern turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis).

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