Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

 


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Greek Name: hê trygôn [Latin: columba, German: Turteltaube].
Description:
 L 27 cm, wingspan cm.
Habitat:
 Breeds in Middle and Southern Europe in forests and open woodlands, winters in tropical Africa.

Behaviour:



  

Ancient Associations:

Sources:

B. Bruun/ H. Delin/L. Svenson, Der Kosmos Vogelführer: Die Vögel Deutschlands und Europas, 10th ed. Stuttgart: Franck-Kosmos, 1993, p. 168.
S. Cramp et al., The Birds of the western Palearctic, vol. iv (2nd. ed., Oxford 1989), 711-22.
John Pollard, Birds in Greek Life and Myth, London 1977, .
D'Arcy W. Thompson, A Glossary of Greek Birds, London 1936 (repr. Hildesheim, 1966), pp. 225-31.

 

 

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