Editing European turtle dove (section)

==Description==
Smaller and slighter in build than many other [[dove]]s, it measures {{cvt|26|-|28|cm}} in length, {{cvt|47|-|53|cm}} in wingspan and weighs {{cvt|100|-|156|g}}.{{sfn|Cramp|1985|pp=353, 362}} The European turtle dove may be recognised by its browner colour, and the black-and-white-striped patch on the side of its neck. The tail is notable as the bird flies from the observer; it is wedge-shaped, with a dark centre and white borders and tips. When viewed from below, this pattern, owing to the white under-tail coverts obscuring the dark bases, is a blackish chevron on a white ground. This can be seen when the bird stoops to drink and raises its spread tail.

The mature bird has the head, neck, flanks, and rump blue-grey, and the wings cinnamon, mottled with black. The breast is vinaceous, the abdomen and under tail coverts are white. The bill is black, the legs and eye rings are red. The black and white patch on the side of the neck is absent in the browner and duller juvenile bird, which also has brown legs.

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File:2006 1031turturduva0224.JPG|Juvenile in [[Nynäshamn]], Sweden
File:Tourterelle des bois MHNT.jpg|alt=Egg in the collection of [[Muséum de Toulouse]]
Streptopelia turtur arenicola MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.232.59.jpg|''Streptopelia turtur arenicola'' - [[MHNT]]
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