Oriental turtle dove
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The Oriental turtle dove repeats a low “dedde, poppo” call.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Oriental turtle dove
- Scientific name
- Streptopelia orientalis
- Japanese name
- キジバト
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Streptopelia
Where the name “Oriental turtle dove” comes from
Its Japanese name is thought to come from its feather pattern resembling a female pheasant.
福岡県It lives in many kinds of places, from towns to mountains. A male and a female are often seen together.
It has blue-and-black stripes on its neck and a brown, scale-like pattern on its wings and back.
Chicks put their bills into a parent's mouth to get 'pigeon milk' that the parent makes. Both males and females can make it.
How the Oriental turtle dove lives
It eats plant shoots, fruit and grass seeds, as well as insects and earthworms. In towns, it often builds a dish-shaped nest in a tree with dense branches and leaves. It breeds through much of the year.
福岡県日本野鳥の会 BIRD FANBasic data
- Size
- Total length: 33 cmWingspan: 55 cm日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN
- Diet
- Plant fruit, seeds and other plant foods国土交通省 山国川河川事務所
Where the Oriental turtle dove has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- キジバト
- 简体中文
- 山斑鸠
- 繁體中文
- 山斑鳩
- 한국어
- 멧비둘기
- Español
- Tórtola oriental
- Français
- Tourterelle orientale
- Deutsch
- Orientturteltaube
- Português (Brasil)
- Rola-oriental
- Italiano
- Tortora orientale
- العربية
- القميري
- Русский
- Большая горлица
- Türkçe
- Büyük üveyik
- ไทย
- นกเขาพม่า
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN — キジバトChecked: 2026-11-03
- 国土交通省 山国川河川事務所 — 山国川の鳥図鑑 キジバトChecked: 2026-11-03
- 福岡県 — キジバトChecked: 2026-11-05
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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