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White-winged Collared Dove

Streptopelia reichenowi (Erlanger, 1901)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Streptopelia reichenowi, Borena, ET-OR, Ethiopia, 2015-01-02 (iNaturalist).

Streptopelia reichenowi, Borena, ET-OR, Ethiopia, 2015-01-02 (iNaturalist).

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Open encyclopedia reference

The white-winged collared dove or white-winged dove (Streptopelia reichenowi) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, plantations and urban areas in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.

Wikipedia contributors, White-winged collared dove; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:32:53.566030+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Streptopelia reichenowi (Erlanger, 1901)
Name authority
(Erlanger, 1901)
Common name
White-winged Collared Dove
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
Genus
Streptopelia
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderColumbiformes
  10. familyColumbidae
  11. subfamilyColumbinae
  12. genusStreptopelia Bonaparte, 1855
  13. speciesStreptopelia reichenowi (Erlanger, 1901)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Streptopelia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838)ColumbidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sunda Collared DoveStreptopelia bitorquata (Temminck, 1809)ColumbidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)ColumbidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur (Linnaeus, 1758)ColumbidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann, 1804)ColumbidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837)ColumbidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790)ColumbidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Burmese Collared DoveStreptopelia xanthocycla (Newman, 1906)ColumbidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 279 records assigned to Columbidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Africa

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177144 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6ZXQ6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.