Tambourine Dove

Turtur tympanistria

The tambourine dove is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in woodlands and other thick vegetation in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Its range extends from Senegal east to Ethiopia and Kenya and southwards through eastern Africa to south-eastern South Africa, but it is absent from the drier areas of south-western Africa. There is a population on the Comoros Islands.

Scientific name

Turtur tympanistria

Family

Pigeons and Doves

IUCN status

LC