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Namaqua Dove

Oena capensis (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The Namaqua dove is a small pigeon. It is the only species in the genus Oena. It is found over much of Sub-Saharan Africa as well as Arabia and Madagascar. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Columbiformes
Family:
  Columbidae
Genus:
   Oena
Scientific:
  Oena capensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Columba capensis

Type locality:
  Cape of Good Hope.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/290/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  DDC2CC929B5547C5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-DDC2CC92

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/DDC2CC92

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177216

Geographic range:

  • Oena capensis: southern Mauritania eastward to Eritrea, and southward to South Africa; also southern Israel and adjacent Jordan, the Arabian Peninsula (occasionally on Socotra), and northern, western, and southern Madagascar
  • Oena capensis capensis: sub-Saharan Africa, Socotra, and Arabia
  • Oena capensis aliena: Madagascar
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Namaqua Dove
Catalan:
Tortoreta cuallarga
Czech:
hrdlička kapská
Danish:
Namaquadue
German:
Kaptäubchen
Spanish:
Tortolita Rabilarga
Spanish (Spain):
Tortolita Rabilarga
Finnish:
naamiokyyhky
French:
Tourtelette masquée
Croatian:
dugorepa grlica
Hungarian:
álarcos gerle
Icelandic:
Spördúfa
Italian:
Tortora maschera di ferro
Japanese (romaji):
shippoubato
Japanese:
シッポウバト
Lithuanian:
Ilgauodegis purplelis
Dutch:
Maskerduif
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Maskedue
Norwegian:
Maskedue
Polish:
turkaweczka czarnogardła
Portuguese:
rolinha-rabilonga
Portuguese (Portugal):
rola-rabilonga
Russian:
Капская горлица
Slovak:
namakva dlhochvostá
Serbian:
Dugorepi golubić
Swedish:
långstjärtsduva
Ukrainian:
Горлиця капська
Chinese:
小长尾鸠
Chinese (Traditional):
小長尾鳩

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Tourtelette masquée ( Oena capensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Namakwaduif, Namakwaduifie
Arabic:  يمام, الحمحم, حمحم
Bashkir: Кап әберсене
Belarusian: Капская туркаўка
Bulgarian: Капска гургулица
Catalan: Tortoreta cuallarga, Tortoreta de Namaqua, Tortoreta del Cap
Czech: Hrdlicka kapská, hrdlička kapská
Welsh: Turtur gynffonhir
Danish: Namaquadue, Namaqua-due
German: Kaptäubchen
Greek: Μάκρoυρo περιστέρι, Μικροπερίστερο
English: Cape dove, Long-tailed Dove, Masked Dove, Namaqua Dove
English, HBW: Namaqua Dove
English (IOC): Namaqua Dove
English (Kenya): Namaqua Dove
English (United States): Namaqua Dove
Esperanto: Kaba enado, Maskturto, Namakva kolombo
Spanish: Palomita Especulada Capense, Tortolita de Cola Larga, Tortolita Rabilarga, Tórtolita rabilarga, Tortolita Rabilarge
Spanish (Spain): Tortolita Rabilarga
Spanish (HBW): Tortolita rabilarga
Estonian: sabatuvi
Persian: قمری دم‌ دراز, قمری دم‌دراز , قمری دم‌دراز (ناماکوآ)
Finnish: Naamiokyyhky
French: Colombe à masque de fer, Colombe masque de fer, Colombe masque-de-fer, Tourtelette à masque de fer, Tourtelette masque, Tourtelette masque-de-fer , Tourtelette masquée, Tourterelle à masque de fer, Tourterelle du Cap, Tourterelle masque-de-fer, Tourterelle masquée
Frisian: Maskerdoke
Irish: Fearáinin fadearrach
Galician: Roliña rabilonga
Hebrew: תורית זנבנית, תורית זנבתנית, תורית זנתבנית
Croatian: dugorepa grlica
Hungarian: álarcos gerle
Armenian: Կապյան տատրակ
Icelandic: Spördúfa
Italian: Tortora del Namaqua, Tortora maschera di ferro, Tortora mascherata
Japanese (romaji): shippoubato
Japanese: シッポウバト
Kwangali: Kambowo
Scientific: Columba capensis, Oena capensis, Oena capensis capensis
Lithuanian: Ilgauodegis purplelis
Latvian: garastes ūbele
Malagasy: Dehofona, Katoto, Tsakatoto, Tsiazotenonina, Tsikoloto
Macedonian: Долгоопашеста гугутка
Maltese: ħamiema tan-Namakwa
Dutch: Maskerduif, Maskerduifje, Zwartmaskerduif
Norwegian Nynorsk: Maskedue
Norwegian: Kappdue, Maskedue
Polish: golabek czarnogardly, Gołąbek czarnogardły, turkaweczka czarnogardla, turkaweczka czarnogardła, Turkaweczka czarnogardły
Portuguese: Rola rabilonga, Rola-rabilonga, Rolinha-rabilonga
Portuguese (Portugal): rola-rabilonga, Rolinha-rabilonga
Rhaeto-Romance: Turturella dal Cap
Romanian: Turturică africană mascată
Russian: Горлица капская, Капская горлица, масковая горлица
Northern Sami: Hápmaduvvá
Slovak: Hrdlička namakva, Namakva dlchovostá, namakva dlhochvostá
Slovenian: dolgorepa grlica
Shona: Kanjivamutondo
Serbian: Dugorepi golubić
Sotho, Southern: Mokhoroane
Swedish: Långstjärtsduva, Låstjärtsduva
Swahili: Tutu
Tswana: Mmalommi
Turkish: Kap Kumrusu, Maskeli Kumru
Tsonga: Xivhambalana
Ukrainian: Горлиця капська
Xhosa: Ihotyazana
Chinese: 小长尾鸠
Chinese (Traditional): 小長尾鳩
Zulu: isiKhombazane-senkangala

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