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Streptopelia
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Birds of North America
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- Spotted Dove
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Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis

Kimball L. Garrett and Ronald L. Walker
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2001

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Figure 1. Distribution of the Spotted Dove in California - Range Map
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Spotted Dove in California

Map concentrates on California and adjacent Baja California.  This species also breeds in southeastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands (see Fig. 2), and the U.S. Virgin Islands. See text for details.

Recommended Citation

Garrett, K. L. and R. L. Walker (2001). Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.586
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