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tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria)
Subject: tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria)
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tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria)


Description
Peristera tympanistria syn. Turtur tympanistria
Date 1845?]
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6976198859
Author Crichton, Andrew; Crichton, Andrew; Selby, Prideaux John
Full title Pigeons by Prideaux John Selby.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pigeons_(Plate_23)_(6976198859).jpg

The tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in woodlands and other thick vegetation in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Its range extends from Senegal east to Ethiopia and Kenya and southwards through eastern Africa to south-eastern South Africa, but it is absent from the drier areas of south-western Africa. There is a population on the Comoros Islands. Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae, Genus: Turtur, Species: Turtur tympanistria (Temminck, 1809).

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Scientific Name: Turtur tympanistria (Temminck, 1809)
Common Names:
English – Tambourine Dove, White-breasted Wood-dove
French – Tourterelle tambourette
French: Tourtelette tambourette German: Tamburintaube Spanish: Palomita tamborilera
Taxonomy: Columba Tympanistria Temminck, 1809, South Africa.

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