Species Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Species Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Laughing Dove, Laughing Turtle-dove

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [166]
Frith, H.J. 1982. Pigeons and Doves of Australia. Adelaide : Rigby vii 304 pp., 32 pls.
Roselaar, C.S. 1985. Steptopelia senegalensis. Geographical Variation. In Cramp, S. (ed.) Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa The Birds of the Western Palaearctic. Vol. IV Terns to Woodpeckers. Oxford : Oxford University Press. 960 pp. 98 pls (for review of infraspecific taxa and their distribution)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Chad
Mauritania
South Africa

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Palaearctic Region

Algeria
Egypt
Israel
Jordan

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		22-Mar-2011	MODIFIED

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