The Key to Scientific Names
- turtur
L. turtur, turturis turtle dove.
● "92. COLUMBA. ... Turtur. 20. C. rectricibus apice albis, dorso griseo, pectore incarnato, macula laterali colli. Turtur. Will. orn. 134. t. 35. Raj. av. 61. Alb. av. 2. p. 43. t. 47. Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (Streptopelia).- TURTUR
(Columbidae; † Blue-spotted Wood Dove T. afer) L. turtur, turturis turtle dove; "160. Tourterelle du Senegal. BUFF. VI. p. 394. BRISS. Ornith. I. p. 122. pl. X. f. 1. Turtur afra, LINN. 104. 34." (Boddaert 1783); "Turtur Boddaert, Tabl Pl. enlum., 1783, p. 10. Type, by monotypy, Columba afra Linné." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 112); “Note that Turtur Boddaert is now under threat due to Turtur Garsault, 1764, Traité des plantes et animaux d’usage en medecine, V, pl. 685: VI, p. 426, which would be a senior homonym if Garsault 1764 is accepted as binominal, as some would like it to be.” (Laurent Raty in litt. 2023).
Synon. Calopelia, Chalcopelia, Chalcoptera.
● (Columbidae; syn. Streptopelia † "Turtle Dove S. risorius" (= domesticated Eurasian Collared Dove S. decaocto or African Collared Dove S. roseogrisea)) "Genus TURTUR. THE birds belonging to this group are distinguished by their bill, which is slenderer in its proportions than that of the Pigeons. ... The Turtles are inferior in size to the Pigeons, which they closely resemble in their habits. They feed upon the ground, but roost and breed in the woods. As an example of the genus, we present our readers with a figure of the well known COLLARED TURTLE Turtur risorius ... FROM a very remote period this species appears to have been domesticated, or rather kept in that state of captivity in which it is retained at the present day; for there is every reason to suppose that the turtle dove adverted to in Holy Writ may be referred to the same bird, as it is still abundant in Egypt and other parts of the East, where it is fostered and cultivated with care ... Besides the wild turtle known to us as a regular summer visitant in the southern districts of England, the Columba maculicollis and the Columba aurita of Temminck, and several others belong to the group, of which the present species may be considered a type." (Selby 1835); “Turtur Selby, 1835, The Naturalist’s Library. IX. Ornithology. Pigeons., p. 169. Type, by original designation, Turtur risorius Selby, 1835 = Columba risoria Linnaeus, 1758.” (JAJ 2023).
Var. Turtus.-
Turturaena (See: Turturoena)
Turturoena (Columbidae; syn. Columba † Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon C. delegorguei) L. turtur, turturis turtle dove; Gr. οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados pigeon; "Nous ferons suivre un genre beaucoup plus mignon, nommé pour cela TURTUROENA, Bp. ... Il ne se compose aussi que de deux espèces: l'une du Cap et l'autre de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. La taille, les formes, la couleur, sont tellement semblables dans les deux, qu'il est plus facile de les distinguer par leur pays que par tout autre caractère. L'espèce du Gaboon, cependant, à laquelle nous appliquons le nom de Turturœna malherbi, donné par MM. Verreaux probablement à un jeune oiseau, a toujours le dessous de la queue roux aussi bien que les rectrices en dessus comme en dessous. Par contre, l'espèce du Cap et de Port-Natal a le dessous de la queue couleur d'ardoise. C'est à cette dernière que doit être réservé le nom de Turturœna delegorguii; M. Delegorgue l'ayant ainsi nommée le premier" (Bonaparte 1854); "*43 [sic=44]. Turturaena, Bp. (Turtur, part. Gr.) Remiges 1a et 2a omnium longissimae: rectrices latissimae, rotundatae. Magnitudo TURTURINARUM. Afr. 2. 1. COLUMBA delegorguii, Delegorgue. ... 2. COLUMBA malherbii, Verr." (Bonaparte 1855); "Turturœna Bonaparte, Comptes Rend. xxxix, p. 1104, 1854. Type by subsequent designation of Gray (Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds. p. 150, 1855), Columba malherbi Verr." (W. Sclater, 1924, Syst. Av. Aethiop., I, p. 163).
Var. Turturaena, Tuturoena.- turturilla
L. turturilla little turtle dove < dim. turtur, turturis turtle dove.
- turturina / turturinus
Med. L. turturinus of a turtle dove < L. turtur, turturis turtle dove.
- turturoides
● Specific name Columba turtur Linnaeus, 1758; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "Turtur turturoides P. Würt., Icon. Nr. 64. gehört wie Turtur leoninus P. Würt., Coll. Mergenth. zu Turtur auritus. ... Turtus [sic] turturoides hat aschbläuliche Stirn und Oberkopf, Mantel sehr lebhaft zimmtfarb und darauf die schwarze Strichlung der gewöhnlichen C. turtur, die auch C. leonina zeigt. Beide Varietäten sind sich gleich an Grösse." (von Heuglin 1867) (syn. Streptopelia turtur rufescens).
● L. turtur, turturis turtle dove; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "Columbidæ. Vinago sphenura, [drawing nos.] 93, 94. V. militaris, [drawing nos.] 104, 105. Ptilonopus turturoides, [drawing nos.] 100, 101. P. macronotus, [drawing no.] 102. Romeris (Toria) aromatica, [drawing nos.] 103, 688." (Hodgson 1844) (syn. Treron sphenurus).
