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Mourning Collared-Dove
Streptopelia decipiens (Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO 1870)
The mourning collared dove or African mourning dove is a dove which is a widespread resident breeding bird in Africa south of the Sahara. Despite its name, it is not related to the North American mourning dove. This species is common or abundant near water. They often mingle peacefully with other doves. Source: Wikipedia
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Columbiformes
Family:
Columbidae
Genus:
Streptopelia
Scientific:
Streptopelia decipiens
Classification
Order:Columbiformes
Family:
Columbidae
Genus:
Streptopelia
Scientific:
Streptopelia decipiens
Original description
Citation:
(Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO 1870)
Reference:
Vög. Ost.-Afr. [Finsch & Hartlaub]
Protonym:
Turtur decipiens
Type locality:
East Africa = Dongola, fixed by Zedlitz, Journ. f. Orn., 62, 1914, p. 647.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14000147
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
70BD722BFB32E346
Avibase ID:
avibase-70BD722B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/70BD722B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177140
Geographic range:
- Streptopelia decipiens decipiens: E Sudan (Darfur) to Ethiopia and nw Somalia
- Streptopelia decipiens shelleyi: Mauritania and Senegambia to s Niger and central Nigeria
- Streptopelia decipiens logonensis: Lake Chad basin to southern Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern and western Uganda
- Streptopelia decipiens elegans: S Ethiopia to s Somalia and e Kenya
- Streptopelia decipiens perspicillata: W Kenya and central Tanzania
- Streptopelia decipiens ambigua: eastern Angola to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, and the Limpopo Valley
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Source: Clements checklist
Mourning Collared-Dove
Catalan:
Tórtora ploranera
Czech:
hrdlička africká
Danish:
Guløjet Skoggerdue
German:
Brillentaube
Spanish:
Tórtola Engañosa
Spanish (Spain):
Tórtola Engañosa
Finnish:
vaikertajaturturikyyhky
French:
Tourterelle pleureuse
Croatian:
sivoglava gugutka
Hungarian:
pápaszemes gerle
Icelandic:
Kjánadúfa
Italian:
Tortora lamentosa
Japanese (romaji):
afurikashirakobato
Japanese:
アフリカシラコバト
Lithuanian:
Purplelis verksnys
Dutch:
Treurtortel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Klagedue
Norwegian:
Klagedue
Polish:
synogarlica okularowa
Portuguese:
Rola-gemedora
Portuguese (Portugal):
Rola-gemedora
Russian:
Очковая горлица
Slovak:
hrdlička okuliarnatá
Serbian:
Žalopojna gugutka
Swedish:
sorgduva
Ukrainian:
Горлиця суданська
Chinese:
哀斑鸠
Chinese (Traditional):
哀斑鳩
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Tourterelle pleureuse ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Tourterelle pleureuse ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Mourning Collared-dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: African Mourning Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Mourning Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Mourning Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decipiens) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Streptopelia decipiens [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Streptopelia decipiens [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Rooioogtortelduif
Bashkir: Африка әберсене
Belarusian: Акуляравая туркаўка
Bulgarian: Очилата гургулица
Catalan: Tórtora ploranera
Czech: hrdlička africká, Hrdlicka šedoocasá, hrdlička šedoocasá
Welsh: Turtur alarus
Danish: Guløjet Skoggerdue
German: Angolaturteltaube, Brillentaube
Greek: Πεvθoτρύγονο
English: African Collared-Dove, African Mourning Collared Dove, African Mourning Dove, Angola Collared-Dove, Angola Dove, Mourning Collared Dove, Mourning Collared Dove, Mourning Collared-Dove, Mourning Dove
English (United Kingdom): Mourning Collared Dove
English, HBW: Mourning Collared-dove
English (IOC): Mourning Collared Dove
English (Kenya): African Mourning Dove
English (United States): Mourning Collared-Dove
English (South Africa): African Mourning-Dove
Esperanto: Afrika plorturto, Okulvitra turto
Spanish: Tórtola Deceptiva, Tórtola Engañosa
Spanish (Spain): Tórtola Engañosa
Spanish (HBW): Tórtola engañosa
Estonian: akaatsia-turteltuvi
Finnish: Vaikertajatunturikyyhky, vaikertajaturturikyyhky
French: Tourterelle pleureuse
Frisian: Briltoarteldo
Irish: Fearán caointeach
Galician: Rola xemedora
Croatian: sivoglava gugutka
Hungarian: pápaszemes gerle, Rejtőző gerle
Icelandic: Kjánadúfa
Italian: Tortora lamentosa, Tortora lamentosa africana, Tortora piangente africana
Japanese (romaji): afurikabato, afurikashirakobato
Japanese: アフリカシラコバト, アフリカバト
Kwangali: Haikonda
Kirghiz: Африка бактеги
Scientific: Streptopelia decipiens, Streptopelia decipiens decipiens, Streptopelia decipiens fulvopectoralis, Streptopelia fulvopectoralis, Turtur decipiens
Lithuanian: Akiniuotasis purplelis, Purplelis verksnys
Latvian: pelēkgalvas ūbele
Maltese: ħamiema tal-kullar vistuża
Dutch: Briltortel, Treurtortel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Klagedue
Norwegian: Klagedue
Polish: synogarlica okularowa
Portuguese: Rola-gemedora
Portuguese (Portugal): Rola-gemedora
Rhaeto-Romance: Turturella dals egliers
Romanian: Turturică plângătoare
Russian: Африканская горлица, Очковая горлица
Slovak: hrdlička okuliarnatá
Slovenian: Očalasta grlica
Serbian: Žalopojna gugutka
Swedish: Angolaturturduva, Sorgduva
Swahili: Kuyu
Turkish: Gözlüklü kumru
Tsonga: Tuba
Ukrainian: Горлиця суданська
Chinese: 哀斑鸠, 灰头斑鸠
Chinese (Traditional): 哀斑鳩
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