Subspecies Spilopelia chinensis chinensis (Scopoli, 1786)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Columba chinensis Scopoli, G.A. 1786. Specimen Zoologicum exhibens Characteres genericos & specificos, nonnec Nomina trivialia novorum Animalium. pp. 84–96 in, Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae; seu Novae, aut minus cognitae species plantarum et animalium, quas in Insubria austriaca tam spontaneas quam exoticas vidit, descripsit et aeri incidi curavit. Ticini : Monasterii S. Salvatoris. Pt II 115 pp. 25 pls [publication dated as 1786–1788] [94] [junior homonym of Columba chinensis Severzov, 1873 (=Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838)), unused nom. nud.; based on the Tourterelle grise de la Chine on pl. 102 and p. 176 in Sonnerat, P. 1782. Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, Fait par Ordre du Roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781. Paris : P. Sonnerat Tome 2 viii 298 pp. pls 81–140 [publication date established from Zimmer (1926)]].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (?lost, figured on pl. 102 in Sonnerat, P. 1782. Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, Fait par Ordre du Roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781. Paris : P. Sonnerat Tome 2 viii 298 pp. pls 81–140 [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.]), Canton, China.

  Type locality references:

  Sonnerat, P. 1782. Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, Fait par Ordre du Roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781. Paris : P. Sonnerat Tome 2 viii 298 pp. pls 81-140. [publication date established from Zimmer (1926)] (as la Chine); Stresemann, E. 1924. [no title]. Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 16: 67.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

E China; introduced; in major cities and adjacent rural areas of south-west, south and east coasts between Perth, WA and about Townsville-Innisfail, QLD, also E TAS, Kalgoorlie, WA, and many country towns and surrounding farmland between Warrnambool-Geelong, VIC, and Townsville-Cairns, QLD, and along Murray River valley to the South-East and gulfs of SA—also erratically Lord Howe Is. (subsp.?). Intergrades with S. c. tigrina (Temminck, 1809) throughout Australian range, least in Melbourne (27% phenotypically pure) and most in Perth and along central east coast.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Aerial, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, nomadic, peridomestic, resident, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Opportunistic breeder, gardens and farms, nests in trees and shrubs.

 

General References

Boehm, E.F. 1961. Indian Turtle-dove extends in range in South Australia. The Emu 61: 55 (distribution)

Frith, H.J., McKean, J.L. & Braithwaite, L.W. 1976. Sexual cycles and food of the doves Streptopelia chinensis and S. senegalensis in Australia. The Emu 76: 15-24 (breeding, diet)

Long, J.L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World. The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Illustrated by Susan Tingay. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 528 pp. (distribution, establishment)

Sedgwick, E. 1958. The introduced Turtledoves in Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 6: 92-100, 112-127 (establishment)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	06-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)