Barbary dove

English

White Barbary Dove

Noun

Barbary dove (plural Barbary doves)

1. A domesticated dove with an unclear taxonomic classification, often treated as its own species as, Streptopelia risoria, sometimes as a subspecies of either the Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto, or the African collared dove, Streptopelia roseogrisea, and sometimes not as a separate accepted taxon at all, freely breeding with the above species.

Synonyms

• ringneck dove, ringed turtle dove, ring-necked turtle dove, ring dove

Translations

Streptopelia risoria — see ringneck dove