| Pigeons & Dove |
| COLUMBIFORMES |
| Columbidae |
| Streptopelia roseogrisea
Thorn scrub, acacia savannas. Subsaharan African region in sw Mauritania, n Senegambia, s Mali, Burkina Faso, s Niger, n Nigeria, n Cameroon, c,s Chad and c Sudan to se Egypt, n,c Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, n Somalia and sw Arabia. Small but often persistent wild colonies (of "risoria") have become established in N. America in s California (Los Angeles area), c Florida (St. Petersburg region) and e Texas (Houston), and probably elsewhere in North America, but these are dependent upon man for continued existence. Often treated as a subspecies of S. decaocto. - The domesticated form "S. risoria" (Linnaeus) 1758, is now known to be a derivative of S. roseogrisea. Because of the confusion surrounding the use of risoria (the senior name), the latter is better suppressed for any wild population in favor of other established names. - -- 
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Gr. streptos (collare) + peleia (tortora)
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| Streptopelia decaocto
Open woodland, scrub, brushy areas, desert, and around human habitation. Lowlands and mts. below 3000 m of w,c Palearctic and s Asia from British Isles, s Scandinavia and wc Russia (e to Moscow area) s to s France, Italy, Balkans and Greece, thence e through Turkey, ne Egypt, n,e Arabia, Near and Middle East, and e Transcaspia, e Kazakhstan to China, Korea, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and w,c,ne Burma. Introduced in Japan, n Bahama Is., c,s Florida and has spread north at least to South Carolina, probably breeds in Georgia and is expanding rapidly in the U.S.; populations from Iran westward and in Europe may be of introduced origin. - - 
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- - decaocto L. deca (dieci) + octo (otto) -si fa ricorso alla mitologia: un servo era mal pagato con 18 monete l'anno; pregando per il proprio rilascio, fu trasformato dagli dei in una tortora che ripeteva il proprio lamentoso pianto. - |
| Streptopelia turtur
Open woodland, scrub, plains, gardens. C,sw Palearctic from British Isles and cont. Europe e across c,s Russia, n to upper Irgiz R.in Kazakhstan to nw China (from w Sinkiang e to ne Kansu and s Tsinghai), and s to Canary Is., n Africa from Morocco e to Egypt and s to c Niger and n Chad; Turkey, n,ne Arabia, n Iran and n Afghanistan. Vagrant record in Florida probably of natural origin. Vagrant in Alaska, possibly captive escape from British Colombia. - - 
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| Streptopelia orientalis
Broken forest, savanna. Lowlands and mts. to 4000 m of c,sc Asia from c Russia w to e foothills of s Ural Mts., c,s Siberia e to Sea of Okhotsk, Ussuriland and Sakhalin, Kuril Is. and Japan s to e Kazakhstan, Kirghiz steppes, Tadzhikistan, nc,e Afghanistan, n Pakistan, India (except sw), Burma, nw,ne Thailand, Indochina, s China, Hainan I., Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands. - - 
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| Streptopelia senegalensis
Thorn scrub, oases, towns. Africa, except for driest parts of Sahara; recorded in all subSaharan African countries except Equatorial Guinea and Congo; breeds in most. Lowlands to 1600 m of sc,s Eurasia from w,s Turkey, Near and Middle East, and Arabia e to Transcaucasus, from Transcaspia to e Kazakhstan, and s to Pakistan and India (e to Bihar, W. Bengal and Bangladesh, but absent from Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan). Intro. w Australia, probably Malta. - - 
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| Oena capensis
Dry open country, farms, villages. From Mauritania, s Algeria, Mali, c Niger, c Chad, se Egypt, c,s Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Arabia s to s S. Africa; lowlands to 1500 m in Madagascar. An intra-African migrant recorded in all subSaharan African countries except Sierra Leone, Liberia and Equatorial Guinea. - - 
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| Zenaida macroura
Open forest, farmlands, deserts, towns. N. and Middle America and W. Indies from se Alaska (possibly), s British Columbia, c Alberta, sc Saskatchewan and s Manitoba e across s Canada to Prince Edward I. and Nova Scotia, and s to s Baja Calif., Sonora (Pacific lowlands), int. mts. and C. Plateau of Mexico to Oaxaca and Puebla, and ne Tamaulipas, Texas, Gulf coast and s Florida; Bahamas and Greater Antilles (e to Puerto Rico, Culebra and Vieques is.); Revillagigedo (Clarion, Socorro) and Tres Marías is.; Costa Rica, Panama (e to w Panama Prov.), probably elsewhere in C. America. Intro. e Hawaiian Is. on Hawaii. -  --
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-- Zenaida Zenaide Laetitia Julie principessa Bonaparte (1804-1854) moglie dell'ornitologo francese, principe Charles Bonaparte macroura Gr. makros (lungo) + -ouros (caudato,con coda) - - |
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