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Spilopelia chinensis
Spilopelia chinensis · Family Columbidae
Family Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,762,495
- Countries and territories with records
- 45
About this species
This species has 2,762,495 occurrence records from 45 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (30.4%), Australia (27%), Taiwan (17.7%), the United States (4.6%) and Thailand (4.5%); together they account for 84.1% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 1.4% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Spilopelia chinensis combines the genus name Spilopelia with the species epithet chinensis. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Spilopelia: Spilopelia senegalensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 9.3 times the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.