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Proper noun

Streptopelia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – doves, many called turtle doves and collared doves, originally from Africa and south Asia, but introduced and naturalized in many temperate regions including North America and Europe.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Columbiformes - order; Columbidae - family Columbinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Streptopelia bitorquata, Streptopelia capicola, Streptopelia decaocto, Streptopelia decipiens, Streptopelia hypopyrrha, Streptopelia lugens, Streptopelia orientalis, Streptopelia reichenowi, Streptopelia risoria, Streptopelia semitorquata, Streptopelia tranquebarica, Streptopelia turtur, Streptopelia vinacea -species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276