Deep Forest Canopy
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Pigeons and Doves

European Turtle-Dove

Streptopelia turtur

The European turtle dove is a threatened or vulnerable member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It breeds over a wide area of the south western Palearctic including north Africa but migrates to northern sub-Saharan Africa to winter.

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