Spilopelia
Genus of birds
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Spilopelia is a genus of doves that are closely related to Streptopelia and Nesoenas, but distinguished from them by differences in morphology and genetics. Some authors[1] had argued that Stigmatopelia is the valid name as it appears in an earlier line of the same work by the Swedish zoologist Carl Sundevall,[2][a] but Richard Schodde and Ian J. Mason had earlier, in their 1999 zoological catalogue of Australian birds, chosen Spilopelia in treating these two names as applying to the same genus; their choice stands under 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]
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| 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] |
| Spilopelia | |
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| Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis chinensis), Zhengzhou, China | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Columbinae |
| Genus: | Spilopelia Sundevall, 1873 |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Stigmatopelia Sundevall, 1873 | |
Species
The genus includes just two species:[8]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Spotted dove
Spilopelia chinensis suratensis, India |
Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) Five subspecies
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Indian subcontinent and in East and Southeast Asia | Size: 27–30 cm; 125–130 g Habitat: moist woodland, gardens Diet: seeds including grain, small fruit |
LC
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| Laughing dove
Spilopelia senegalensis senegalensis, Botswana |
Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) Five subspecies
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Africa, the Middle East, South Asia | Size: 23–27 cm; 71–92 g Habitat: villages, gardens, dry woodland, savanna Diet: seeds including grain, small fruit, insects |
LC
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Some ornithologists split the spotted dove into the eastern spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) and the western spotted dove (Spilopelia suratensis),[9][10] but this has not to date been accepted by the IOC.[11]
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