Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Pigeons and Doves :: Tambourine Dove

Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria

Described by: Temminck (1809)
Alternate common name(s): Forest Dove, White-breasted Pigeon, White-breasted Wood-Dove
Old scientific name(s): Tympanistria tympanistria

Photographs

Bona Manzi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Date unknown © Gordon Holtshausen 
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Range

Coastal w. Africa through c. to se. Africa;
Senegambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Bioko and Fernando Po, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, s. Sudan, Ethiopia, s. Somalia, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and s. to cw. and n. Angola, Zambia, e. Zimbabwe, Mozambique, e. and s. South Africa (e. Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal, e. Cape Province). Comoro Is.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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