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Nesoenas picturatus (Malagasy Turtle Dove)

Synonyms: Columba picturata; Columba picturata picturata; Streptopelia picturata; Turtur picturatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Malagasy turtle dove (Nesoenas picturatus) is a bird species in the pigeon and dove family, Columbidae. It is found in British Indian Ocean Territory, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion, and Seychelles.
View Wikipedia Record: Nesoenas picturatus

Infraspecies

Nesoenas picturatus aldabranus (Aldabra turtle dove)
Nesoenas picturatus comorensis (Anjouan turtle dove)
Nesoenas picturatus coppingeri (Glorioso turtle dove)
Nesoenas picturatus picturatus (Madagascar turtle dove)
Nesoenas picturatus rostratus (Seychelles turtle dove)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  170 grams
Clutch Size [2]  2

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Accipiter madagascariensis (Madagascar Sparrowhawk)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 3Fruit-frugivore interactions in a Malagasy littoral forest: a community-wide approach of seed dispersal, An Bollen, UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN 2003
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0