Spilopelia

Spilopelia
Spotted dove (S. chinensis) with plumage pattern of S. c. tigrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Columbinae
Genus: Spilopelia
Sundevall, 1873
Species

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Synonyms

Stigmatopelia Sundevall, 1873

Spilopelia is a genus of doves that are closely related to Streptopelia and Nesoenas, but distinguished from them by differences in morphology and genetics. Some authors[1] had argued that Stigmatopelia is the valid name as it appears in an earlier line of the same work by the Swedish zoologist Carl Sundevall,[2][a] but Richard Schodde and Ian J. Mason had earlier, in their 1999 zoological catalogue of Australian birds, chosen Spilopelia in treating these two names as applying to the same genus; their choice stands under clause 24(b) of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) which supports the decision of the first reviser.[4][5] The name Spilopelia combines the Ancient Greek spilos meaning "spot" and peleia meaning "dove".[6]

 
A phylogenetic position based on Johnson et al. (2001). A second possibility is that Columba is a sister of Streptopelia but the remaining clades appear to be monophyletic.[7]

Species

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The genus includes just two species:[8]

Genus Spilopelia – Sundevall, 1873 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Spotted dove

Spilopelia chinensis
(Scopoli, 1786)

Five subspecies
  • Spilopelia chinensis suratensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  • Spilopelia chinensis ceylonensis (Reichenbach, 1851)
  • Spilopelia chinensis tigrina (Temminck, 1809)
  • Spilopelia chinensis chinensis (Scopoli, 1786)
  • Spilopelia chinensis hainana (Hartert, 1910)
Indian subcontinent and in East and Southeast Asia Size: 27–30 cm; 125–130 g

Habitat: moist woodland, gardens

Diet: seeds including grain, small fruit 		 LC 


increasing

Laughing dove

Spilopelia senegalensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Five subspecies
  • S. s. phoenicophila (Hartert, 1916)
  • S. s. aegyptiaca (Latham, 1790)
  • S. s. senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • S. s. cambayensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  • S. s. ermanni (Bonaparte, 1856)
Africa, the Middle East, South Asia Size: 23–27 cm; 71–92 g

Habitat: villages, gardens, dry woodland, savanna

Diet: seeds including grain, small fruit, insects 		 LC 


increasing

Some ornithologists split the spotted dove into the eastern spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) and the western spotted dove (Spilopelia suratensis),[9][10] but this has not to date been accepted by the IOC.[11]

Notes

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  1. ^ The title page of Sundevall's book gives the year as 1872. The book was issued in two parts and the second part from page 74 that includes Spilopelia was published in 1873.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Cheke, Anthony S. (2005). "Naming segregates from the Columba–Streptopelia pigeons following DNA studies on phylogeny". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 125 (4): 293–295.
  2. ^ Sundevall, Carl (1872). Methodi naturalis avium disponendarum tentamen. Försök till fogelklassens naturenliga uppställnung (in Latin). Stockholm: Samson and Wallin. p. 100.
  3. ^ Mathews, Gregory M. (1920). "Dates of ornithological works". Austral Avian Record. 4 (1): 1–27 [23].
  4. ^ Schodde, R.; Mason, I.J. (1997). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). Vol. 37. CSIRO publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-643-06037-1.
  5. ^ "Chapter 6: Validity of names and nomenclatural acts. Art. 24.2". International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th ed.). International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1999.
  6. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 362. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  7. ^ Johnson, K.P.; De Kort, S; Dinwoodey, K.; Mateman, A.C.; Ten Cate, C.; Lessells, C.M.; Clayton, D.H. (2001). "A molecular phylogeny of the dove genera Streptopelia and Columba" (PDF). Auk. 118 (4): 874–887. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0874:AMPOTD]2.0.CO;2. hdl:20.500.11755/a92515bb-c1c6-4c0e-ae9a-849936c41ca2.
  8. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  9. ^ Baptista, L.F.; Trail, P.W.; Horblit, H.M.; Kirwan, G.M.; Garcia, E.F.J. (2020). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Eastern Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.spodov.01. S2CID 216386337. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. ^ del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N.; Kirwan, G.M.; Garcia, E.F.J. (2020). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Western Spotted Dove (Spilopelia suratensis)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.spodov.01. S2CID 216386337. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2024-08-09.


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