Turtle-dove of wood

The Tourterelle of wood ( Streptopelia turtur ) is a Oiseau of the family of the Columbidae.

It is a migrating bird which one meets in all the moderate Europe of April-May at September-October.

As its name indicates it, this species prefers the open environments strewn with wood and thickets and avoids cities and villages.

It is a little smaller than the Turkish Tourterelle. Its back and its wings russet-red are marbled of black. It carries each side of the neck of the striped spots of black and white. The chest shoots at the pink.

Weight: 110 to 210 G
Food: seeds, bays, insects
Reproduction: 1 to 2 eggs between May and August

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