#0778 · 🐦 birds
European Turtle-Dove
🇳🇱 Zomertortel ·Streptopelia turtur
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what is it?
The European turtle dove ( Streptopelia turtur ) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons.
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 35 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 12,971 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 136 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- European Turtle-Dove
- Nederlands
- Zomertortel
- scientific name
- Streptopelia turtur
- class
- Aves
- order
- Columbiformes
- family
- Columbidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 35
- sightings in Europe
- 8,901
- sightings worldwide
- 12,971
- GBIF records in NL
- 33,559
- weight
- 136 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. 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
#0859 📷 10Oriental Turtle-Dove
🇳🇱 Oosterse Tortel
Streptopelia orientalis
LC 👀 9 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 2938, Wikidata Q168514, GBIF 2495708, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.