Streptopelia lugens

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Columbiformes/Columbidae/Streptopelia

At a glance

Occurrence records15 751

Data sources6

Biological traits25

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility15 751 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF15 751 records

01Narrative

The dusky turtle dove (Streptopelia lugens) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, and Zambia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth3.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)20.9 mm

Beak length (nares)10.3 mm

Beak width3.4 mm

Body mass155 g

Body mass (female)154 g

Body mass (male)173 g

Hand-wing index36.6

Kipp's distance63.4 mm

Secondary length110 mm

Tail length115 mm

Tarsus length21.5 mm

Wing length173 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size2

Diet & foraging7

Fruit30 %

Ground100 %

Invertebrate10 %

Plant other30 %

Seed30 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size945 579 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type15 751 records

Wild obs. + sensor15 620

Museum / vouchered87

Other44

Origin

Native39

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO9 392 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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 423≤1 km 130≤10 km 45>10 km 28

626 georeferenced · 14 994 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor15 620

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 accuracy27% within 1 km

≤1 km 6≤10 km 9>10 km 7

22 georeferenced · 65 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence87

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 institutions8 of 11 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Los Angeles, US	32
MRAClocation not on record	18
Cambridge, US	10
Paris, FR	7
Washington, US	5
New Haven, US	4
Brussels, BE	4
Philadelphia, US	2
Toronto, CA	2
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	1

11 institutions · 87 of 87 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction1

Diet & foraging7

Habitat & environment4

Record type15 751 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 11 geolocated

Record type15 751 records