Spilopelia

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Spilopelia
Spotted dove (S. chinensis) with plumage pattern of S. c. tigrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Columbinae
Genus: Spilopelia
Sundevall, 1873
Species

See text

Synonyms

Stigmatopelia

Spilopelia is a genus of doves that are closely related to Streptopelia, yet distinguished from them by differences in morphology and behavior. Some authors have argued that Stigmatopelia is the valid name as it appears in an earlier line although also erected by the Swedish zoologist Carl Sundevall,[1][a][3] but Richard Schodde and Ian J. Mason in their zoological catalogue of Australian birds chose Spilopelia citing clause 24(b) of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) which supports the decision of the first reviser.[4][5] The name Spilopelia combines the Ancient Greek spilos meaning "spot" and peleia meaning "dove".[6]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Streptopelia decaocto

Streptopelia roseogrisea

Streptopelia decipiens

 

Streptopelia capicola

Streptopelia vinacea

Streptopelia semitorquata

 
 

Streptopelia hypopyrrha

Streptopelia turtur

Streptopelia orientalis

Streptopelia bitorquata

Streptopelia tranquebarica

 

Columba

 
 

Nesoenas mayeri

Nesoenas picturatus

 

Spilopelia chinensis

Spilopelia senegalensis

Patagioenas

A phylogenetic position based on Johnson et al. (2001). A second possibility is that Columba is a sister of Streptopelia but the remaining clades appear to be monophyletic.[7]

Species

The genus includes just two species:[8]


Genus Spilopelia – Sundevall, 1873 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Spotted dove

Spilopelia chinensis
(Scopoli, 1786)

Five subspecies
  • Spilopelia chinensis suratensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  • Spilopelia chinensis ceylonensis (Reichenbach, 1851)
  • Spilopelia chinensis tigrina (Temminck, 1809)
  • Spilopelia chinensis chinensis (Scopoli, 1786)
  • Spilopelia chinensis hainana (Hartert, 1910)
Indian subcontinent and in East and Southeast Asia Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Laughing dove

Spilopelia senegalensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Five subspecies
  • S. s. phoenicophila (Hartert, 1916)
  • S. s. aegyptiaca (Latham, 1790)
  • S. s. senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • S. s. cambayensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  • S. s. ermanni (Bonaparte, 1856)
Africa, the Middle East, South Asia Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



Some ornithologists split the spotted dove into the eastern spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) and the western spotted dove (Spilopelia suratensis).[9][10]

Notes

  1. ^ The title page of Sundevall's book gives the year as 1872. The book was issued in two parts and the second part from page 74 that includes Spilopelia was published in 1873.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sundevall, Carl (1872). Methodi naturalis avium disponendarum tentamen. Försök till fogelklassens naturenliga uppställnung (in Latin). Stockholm: Samson and Wallin. p. 100.
  2. ^ Mathews, Gregory M. (1920). "Dates of ornithological works". Austral Avian Record. 4 (1): 1–27 [23].
  3. ^ Cheke, Anthony S. (2005). "Naming segregates from the Columba–Streptopelia pigeons following DNA studies on phylogeny". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 125 (4): 293–295.
  4. ISBN 978-0-643-06037-1
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  5. ^ "Chapter 6: Validity of names and nomenclatural acts. Art. 24.2". International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th ed.). International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1999.
  6. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
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  7. hdl:20.500.11755/a92515bb-c1c6-4c0e-ae9a-849936c41ca2
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  8. Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  9. S2CID 216386337
    . Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. S2CID 216386337
    . Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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