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Rick & José van der Weijde | profile | all galleries >> Photo Archive >> Birds (Vogels) >> Doves and Pigeons (Duiven) >> Laughing Dove (Palmtortel) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map |
Laughing Dove - Spilopelia senegalensis - Palmtortel
Africa, Arabia to India and West-China.
The following 5 subspecies are being recognized:
Spilopelia senegalensis phoenicophila - Morocco, Algeria and Tunesia;
Spilopelia senegalensis aegyptiaca - Nile Valley (Suez Canal and delta south to Wadi Halfa);
Spilopelia senegalensis senegalensis - Africa south of the Sahara and Arabia;
Spilopelia senegalensis cambayensis - East-Arabia to South-Iran, India, West-China and Andamans;
Spilopelia senegalensis ermanni - Kazakhstan, North-Afghanistan, West-China.
Of this species there are also Zoo photo's available.