---
title: "Malagasy Turtle-Dove"
description: "Nesoenas picturatus — Birds. The Malagasy turtle dove or Madagascar turtle dove (Nesoenas picturatus) is a bird species in the pigeon and dove family, Columbidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/malagasy-turtle-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Malagasy Turtle-Dove

> Nesoenas picturatus — Birds. The Malagasy turtle dove or Madagascar turtle dove (Nesoenas picturatus) is a bird species in the pigeon and dove family, Columbidae.

- Scientific name: *Nesoenas picturatus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 899
- Wikidata: [Q1275852](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1275852)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1430284](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1430284)

## Names

- en: Malagasy Turtle-Dove
- de: Madagaskarturteltaube
- es: Tórtola Malgache
- fr: Pigeon de Madagascar
- it: Nesoenas picturata
- nl: Madagaskartortel
- pt: Nesoenas picturata
- pl: Synogarlica brunatna

## Countries with the most observations

SC (244), MG (225), MU (171), RE (106), YT (13), IO (9), KM (5)

## Summary

The Malagasy turtle dove or Madagascar turtle dove (Nesoenas picturatus) is a bird species in the pigeon and dove family, Columbidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy_turtle_dove

## Photo

![Malagasy Turtle-Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/malagasy-turtle-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252605773

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/malagasy-turtle-dove?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).