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The spotted dove was formally described in 1786 by the Austrian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli and given the binomial name Columba chinensis. [2] Scopoli based his account on "La tourterelle gris de la Chine" that had been described and illustrated in 1782 by the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in the second volume of his book Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine. [3]
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 352 species in family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves.They are distributed among 50 genera. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
Rock dove (Hawaii, Maui, Oahu) Spotted dove (all main islands from Kauai eastward) Zebra dove (all main islands from Kauai eastward) Mourning dove (Hawaii, Maui) Rose-ringed parakeet (Hawaii, Oahu, and Kauai) Mitred parakeet (Hawaii) Red-masked parakeet (Hawaii, O'ahu) Red-crowned amazon (O'ahu) Western barn owl (all main islands from Kauai ...
Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I) Spotted dove, Spilopelia chinensis (I) Inca dove, Columbina inca; Common ground dove, Columbina passerina; Ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti (*) White-tipped dove, Leptotila verreauxi (hypothetical) [9] White-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica; Eared dove, Zenaida auriculata (accidental) [10]
Spilopelia is a genus of doves that are closely related to Streptopelia and Nesoenas, but distinguished from them by differences in morphology and genetics.Some authors [1] had argued that Stigmatopelia is the valid name as it appears in an earlier line of the same work by the Swedish zoologist Carl Sundevall, [2] [a] but Richard Schodde and Ian J. Mason had earlier, in their 1999 zoological ...
It is closely related to the spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) which is distinguished by a white and black chequered necklace. Other names include laughing turtle dove, palm dove and Senegal dove while in Asia the name little brown dove is often used.
The emerald-spotted wood dove is a small plump pigeon, typically 20 cm in length. Its back, hindneck, wings, and tail are pale grey-brown, and the folded wings have green metallic patches. There are blackish bands on the lower back and tail. The forehead, crown, and nape are bluish-grey, fading to pinkish-grey on the throat.