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Where does the European Turtle-Dove live?

Streptopelia turtur has 663,688 records in 117 countries and territories, from 1575 to 2026. Most records come from France.

European Turtle-Dove
European Turtle-Dove — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesColumbiformesColumbidaeStreptopelia

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
France 249,947
Spain 109,073
United Kingdom 43,698
Israel 35,553
Netherlands 32,826
Portugal 28,366
Belgium 19,169
Germany 14,166
Sweden 12,812
Türkiye 12,181
Greece 11,503
Bulgaria 11,147
Italy 10,096
Morocco 6,448
Czechia 6,096
Hungary 6,005
Croatia 4,692
Austria 4,112
Ukraine 3,843
Norway 3,197
United Arab Emirates 3,036
Cyprus 2,756
Estonia 2,442
Slovakia 2,401
Georgia 2,368
Denmark 2,345
Poland 2,246
Egypt 1,873
Russia 1,653
Serbia 1,578
Romania 1,560
Palestine 1,211
Switzerland 1,191
Moldova 859
Algeria 790
Slovenia 747
North Macedonia 665
Finland 631
Luxembourg 477
Senegal 472

Showing the top 40 of 117 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.