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  • Synonyms East African Pink-breasted Turtle Dove, Pink-breasted Turtle Dove, Dusky Turtle-Dove, Pink-breatsed Dove, Abyssinian Pink-breasted Turtle Dove, Pink-breasted Dove, Black-breasted Dove, Duskey turtle dove
  • Old latin name for bird Columba lugens

Dusky Turtle Dovebird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 2.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 3.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 4.
    Song, © David Darrell-Lambert
    Saudi Arabia
  • 5.
    Song, © David Darrell-Lambert
    Saudi Arabia
  • 6.
    Call, © Martin St-Michel
    Tanzania
  • 7.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 8.
    Song, © Rory Nefdt
    Kenya
  • 9.
    Song, © selvino
    Tanzania
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Dusky Turtle Dove

  • Breeding region Africa, Eurasia
  • Breeding subregion South Sudan and Ethiopia to Malawi; Saudi Arabia and Yemen

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansDonkertortelduif
Bashkirтоноҡ әберсен
BasqueUsapal ilun
BelarusianЦёмная туркаўка
BulgarianТъмна гургулица
Catalantórtora fosca
Chinese粉胸斑鸠
Chinese (Traditional)粉胸斑鳩
Croatiansiva grlica
CzechHrdlicka temná, hrdlička temná
DanishMørk Turteldue
DutchRouwtortel
EsperantoMalhela turto
Estonianmägi-turteltuvi
Finnishruostesiipikyyhky
FrenchTourterelle cendrée, Tourterelle à poitrine rose
FrisianRoutoarteldo
GalicianRola de peito rosa
GermanTrauerturteltaube
GreekΣκoτειvoτρύγονο
Hebrewתור כהה
Hungariangyászos gerle
IcelandicRökkurdúfa
IrishFearán dorcha
ItalianTortora piangente, Tortora fosca
Japaneseクロエリキジバト
Latviantumšā ūbele
Lithuaniantamsusis purplelis
Northern SamiRuostasoadjaduvvá
Norwegianrustvingedue
Norwegian NynorskRustvengdue
Polishturkawka żałobna, turkawka zalobna
PortugueseRola-escura, Rola-de-peito-rosa, rola-escura
RomanianTurturică întunecată
RussianТёмная горлица
SerbianMrka grlica, Tamna grlica
Slovakhrdlička tmavá
SlovenianMrka grlica
SpanishTórtola oscura
SwahiliHua Kijivucheusi
SwedishMörk turkduva, mörk turturduva
TurkishBoz Üveyik, karaca üveyik
Ukrainianгорлиця темна
WelshTurtur dywyll