#0859 · 🐦 birds
Oriental Turtle-Dove
🇳🇱 Oosterse Tortel ·Streptopelia orientalis
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- 1. © 戴安國 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Zinogre · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Lip Kee Yap · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © 戴安國 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
- 9. © Maryse · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Annette · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Oriental turtle dove or rufous turtle dove ( Streptopelia orientalis ) is a member of the bird family Columbidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 30,147 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Latham in 1790 (236 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Oriental Turtle-Dove
- Nederlands
- Oosterse Tortel
- scientific name
- Streptopelia orientalis
- class
- Aves
- order
- Columbiformes
- family
- Columbidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 9
- sightings in Europe
- 243
- sightings worldwide
- 30,147
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,821
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1790 by John Latham
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Columbidae
#0548 📷 10Common Wood-Pigeon
🇳🇱 Houtduif
Columba palumbus
LC 👀 3.5k in NL
#0572 📷 10Rock Pigeon
🇳🇱 Rotsduif
Columba livia
LC 👀 1.8k in NL
#0593 📷 8Eurasian Collared-Dove
🇳🇱 Turkse Tortel
Streptopelia decaocto
LC 👀 998 in NL
#0611 📷 10Stock Dove
🇳🇱 Holenduif
Columba oenas
LC 👀 639 in NL
#0778 📷 7European Turtle-Dove
🇳🇱 Zomertortel
Streptopelia turtur
VU 👀 35 in NL
#0866 📷 10Diamond Dove
🇳🇱 Diamantduif
Geopelia cuneata
LC 👀 9 in NL
#0973 📷 10African Collared-Dove
🇳🇱 Izabeltortel
Streptopelia roseogrisea
LC 👀 2 in NL
#0985 📷 7Laughing Dove
🇳🇱 Palmtortel
Spilopelia senegalensis
LC 👀 1 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 2927, Wikidata Q704987, GBIF 2495681, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.