Species factsheet

Mourning Collared Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)

Order: Streptopelia decipiens
Family: Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)

Danish name: Guløjet Skoggerdue

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

shelleyi

Mauritania to c Nigeria

logonensis

Lake Chad to s Sudan, n DR Congo and w Uganda

decipiens

e Sudan to Ethiopia and nw Somalia

elegans

s Ethiopia to s Somalia and e Kenya

perspicillata

w Kenya to c Tanzania

ambigua

e Angola to e DR Congo and Malawi

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