Editing European turtle dove (section)

{{Short description|Threatened or vulnerable species of bird}}
{{For|other species called turtle doves|Streptopelia}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = European turtle dove
| image = Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur turtur) Hungary.jpg
| image2 = European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) (W STREPTOPELIA TURTUR R2 C3).ogg
| image2_caption = An adult in [[Hungary]] and song<br>recorded in [[Hampshire]], England
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |year=2019 |title=''Streptopelia turtur'' |page=e.T22690419A154373407 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22690419A154373407.en |access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref>
| genus = Streptopelia
| species = turtur
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)
| synonyms = *''Columba turtur'' ([[protonym]])
*''Turtur communis''<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/brehm/band5/high/IMG_9972.html|author=Brehm|encyclopedia=Die Vögel|volume=2|title=Turteltaube|year=1891|language=de}}</ref>
| range_map = StreptopeliaTurturIUCN.png
| range_map_caption = Range of ''S. turtur''
{{legend0|#00FF00|&nbsp;breeding|outline=gray}}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{legend0|#007FFF|&nbsp;non-breeding|outline=gray}}
}}

The '''European turtle dove''' ('''''Streptopelia turtur''''') is a threatened or vulnerable member of the [[bird]] family [[Columbidae]], the doves and pigeons. It breeds over a wide area of the south western [[Palearctic]] including north Africa but migrates to northern sub-Saharan Africa to winter.