The Black Sea-Eastern Mediterranean flyway of the globally threatened European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)

Authors

ANTONIO BEA
IÑAKI OLANO
SAULIUS SVAZAS
JULEN HENRY
VADYM YANENKO
GENNADY GRISHANOV

DOI

10.55730/1300-0179.3112

Abstract

The European turtle dove Streptopelia turtur (hereafter turtle dove), is a widespread species in the Palearctic. Due to a large and rapid decline in its abundance, it was classified as "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List in 2015 and is now regarded as a globally threatened species. The objective of this study was to provide new information on the flyways of this turtle dove population by analyzing available ring recoveries and citizen science sightings data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. A new flyway (possibly stretching through the Black and Caspian Seas, Turkey, the Middle East, and Egypt toward the Eastern Sahel) is suggested for turtle doves breeding in Northern and Eastern Europe.

Keywords

Streptopelia turtur, flyways, ring recoveries, citizen science

First Page

48

Last Page

52

Recommended Citation

BEA, ANTONIO; OLANO, IÑAKI; SVAZAS, SAULIUS; HENRY, JULEN; YANENKO, VADYM; and GRISHANOV, GENNADY (2023) "The Black Sea-Eastern Mediterranean flyway of the globally threatened European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 47: No. 1, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-0179.3112
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol47/iss1/6