Red Collared Dove

About this species

This species has 597,625 occurrence records from 40 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (68.5%), India (12.9%), Thailand (11.5%), Cambodia (2.3%) and the Philippines (1.5%); together they account for 96.6% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 1.9% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Streptopelia tranquebarica combines the genus name Streptopelia with the species epithet tranquebarica. The Warbla app catalog lists 15 species of the genus Streptopelia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Streptopelia decaocto, Streptopelia capicola and Streptopelia turtur.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 19th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 2 times the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Columbidae

• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Ring-necked Dove
• European turtle dove
• Red-eyed Dove
• Oriental Turtle Dove

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org