Dusky Turtle Dove

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When to see the Dusky Turtle Dove

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Dusky Turtle Dove

The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in South Sudan, Somalia.

About the Dusky Turtle Dove

The dusky turtle dove or pink-breasted turtle dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

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Easily confused with

Sunda Collared DoveStreptopelia bitorquataThe Sunda collared dove is a small to medium-sized bird which has a light, rosy hue around the neck and chest area, fading into the underside of the bird which consists of a light caramel color, into a shade of cream at the base (start) of the tail. Adamawa Turtle DoveStreptopelia hypopyrrhaThe Adamawa turtle dove is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogriseaThe African collared dove is a small dove found in the Sahel, northern parts of the Horn of Africa and southwestern Arabia.

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