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#0973 · 🐦 birds

African Collared-Dove

🇳🇱 Izabeltortel ·Streptopelia roseogrisea

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)
African Collared-Dove, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Andrew Cauldwell · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The African collared dove ( Streptopelia roseogrisea ) is a small dove found in the Sahel, northern parts of the Horn of Africa and southwestern Arabia. Although it lives in arid lands, it is found around water sources.

base stats

  • NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,141iNaturalist observations
  • weight 149 gadult, up to
  • threat LCleast concern

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 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,141 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 149 g.
  • Scientifically named by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1857 (169 years ago).
  • Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.

fact sheet

English
African Collared-Dove
Nederlands
Izabeltortel
scientific name
Streptopelia roseogrisea
class
Aves
order
Columbiformes
family
Columbidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
in NL
introduced
sightings in NL
2
sightings in Europe
35
sightings worldwide
2,141
GBIF records in NL
89
weight
149 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1857 by Carl Jakob Sundevall

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Columbidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 2966, Wikidata Q921348, GBIF 2495688, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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