Search :  

Actual Scientific name : French name English name
Aplopelia larvata jacksoni Colombe à cou bronzé  Lemon (Cinnamon) Dove 
Columba arquatrix Pigeon des montagnes  African Olive Pigeon 
Columba unicincta Pigeon gris écaillé  Afep Pigeon 
Oena capensis Tourterelle masquée  Namaqua Dove 
Streptopelia capicola tropica Tourterelle du Cap  Ring-necked Dove 
Streptopelia decipiens ambigua Tourterelle pleureuse  Mourning Collared Dove 
Streptopelia lugens Tourterelle à poitrine rose  Dusky Turtle Dove 
Streptopelia semitorquata Tourterelle à demi-collier  Red-eyed Dove 
Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis Tourterelle du Sénégal  Laughing Dove 
Streptopelia turtur Tourterelle des bois  European Turtle Dove 
Treron calvus Pigeon vert ou colombier malgache  African Green-pigeon 
Turtur afer Petite tourterelle africaine  Blue-spotted Wood-dove 
Turtur chalcospilos Petite tourterelle émeraldine  Emerald-spotted Wood-dove 
Turtur tympanistria Tourterelle tambourinette  Tambourine Dove 



Warning :

This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.

The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.

We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.



+  You are in : ROOT > Vertebrata (Vertebrates) > Aves (Birds) > Columbiformes > Columbidae (pigeons, doves)
Design by McArnolds Group SA | Development and code by AMESIS SPRL