- The
fairy prion (Pachyptila
turtur) is a
small seabird with the
standard prion plumage of blue-grey
upperparts with a
prominent dark "M"
marking and white...
- The
tambourine dove (
Turtur tympanistria) is a
pigeon which is a
widespread resident breeding bird in
woodlands and
other thick vegetation in
Africa south...
- the
mourning dove. In the same edition,
Linnaeus also
named C. canadensis,
based on
Turtur canadensis, as used by
Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. Brisson's...
- wood
pigeon (
C. hodgsonii) of
subtropical Asia
Other pigeon species: Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) of New
Zealand Wood
doves (
Turtur) of sub-Saharan...
-
change has not been
followed in the list
maintained by
Frank Gill,
Pamela C.
Rasmussen and
David Donsker on
behalf of the
International Ornithological...
-
Palumbus migratorius; for the
mourning dove he used "Turtle of Carolina" and
Turtur carolinensis. In 1743, the
naturalist George Edwards included the mourning...
- 256 as
middle C in
scientific work is in
order that the
number of
vibrations corresponding with any
C shall be a
whole number."
Turtur,
Claus Wilhelm...
-
closely related to
doves in the
genus Turtur, and some
phylogenetic evidence suggests that Oena may be a part of
Turtur. In 1760 the
French zoologist Mathurin...
-
Turturini Gray, 1840
Genus Oena (Namaqua dove,
tentatively placed here)
Genus Turtur (wood doves, 5 species;
tentatively placed here)
Genus Chalcophaps (emerald...
- the
Antarctic prion (Pachyptila desolata) and the
fairy prion (Pachyptila
turtur),
range into the subtropics. The
genus Pachyptila was
introduced in 1811...
