Streptopelia decipiens

(Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Columbiformes/Columbidae/Streptopelia

At a glance

Occurrence records59 579

Data sources8

Biological traits27

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Streptopelia decipiens's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility59 579 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources27 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF59 579 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The mourning collared dove or African mourning dove (Streptopelia decipiens) is a dove which is a widespread resident breeding bird in Africa south of the Sahara. Despite its name, it is not related to the North American mourning dove (Zenaida macroura). This species is common or abundant near water. They often mingle peacefully with other doves.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth4.2 mm

Beak length (culmen)22.5 mm

Beak length (nares)10.9 mm

Beak width3.8 mm

Body mass148 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 148 g · AVONET: 134 g · EltonTraits: 134 g

Body mass (female)164 g

Body mass (male)168 g

Hand-wing index30.7

Kipp's distance51.1 mm

Secondary length116 mm

Tail length128 mm

Tarsus length23.5 mm

Wing length167 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Egg mass8.65 g

Incubation13.5 days

Litter size2

Diet & foraging7

Fruit20 %

Ground80 %

Invertebrate20 %

Seed60 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheGranivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatShrubland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size7 210 175 km²

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Streptopelia decipiens has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type59 579 records

Wild obs. + sensor59 405

Museum / vouchered18

Cultivated / captive1

Other155

Origin

Native8

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO33 956 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 2 589≤1 km 599≤10 km 130>10 km 199

3 517 georeferenced · 55 888 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor59 405

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 3

3 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence18

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	3
Stockholm, SE	3
National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record	2
Ann Arbor, US	2
Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museumlocation not on record	1
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	1
NHMOlocation not on record	1
Seattle, US	1

8 institutions · 14 of 18 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Streptopelia decipiens was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Streptopelia decipiens

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging7

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type59 579 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions4 of 8 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type59 579 records