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Streptopelia turtur (European Turtle-Dove; European Turtle Dove)

Synonyms: Columba spec; Columba turtur (homotypic); Stretopelia turtur; Turtur communis

Wikipedia Abstract

The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons.
View Wikipedia Record: Streptopelia turtur

Infraspecies

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Streptopelia turtur

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
15
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.61955
EDGE Score: 1.72625

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  144 grams
Birth Weight [2]  8.2 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  50 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [7]  2
Clutches / Year [4]  3
Fledging [4]  18 days
Incubation [6]  15 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Maximum Longevity [5]  13 years
Migration [8]  Intercontinental
Wing Span [6]  20 inches (.5 m)
Female Maturity [5]  1 year
Male Maturity [5]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Ecosystems

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

Accipiter gentilis (Northern Goshawk)[9]
Falco biarmicus (Lanner Falcon)[10]
Falco eleonorae (Eleonora's Falcon)[11]

Providers

Shelter 
Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)[9]
Crataegus laevigata palmstruchii (Midland Hawthorn)[9]
Sambucus nigra (European black elderberry)[9]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
5de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
6British Trust for Ornithology
7Jetz 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
8Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
9Ecology of Commanster
10The diet of the Lanner (Falco biarmicus) in a hyper-arid region of the eastern Sahara, Goodman S. M., Haynes C. V., Journal of arid environments, 1992, vol. 22, no1, pp. 93-98
11STATUS, DISTRIBUTION, AND DIET OF ELEONORA’S FALCON (FALCO ELEONORAE) IN THE CANARY ISLANDS, Leandro De León, Beneharo Rodríguez, Aurelio Martín, Manuel Nogales, Jesús Alonso, and Carlos Izquierdo, Journal of Raptor Research 41(4):331-336 2007
12Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
13International Flea Database
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