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title: "Tortora tamburina"
description: "Turtur tympanistria — Uccelli. The tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in woodlands and other thick vegetation in Africa south of the Sahara Desert."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/tambourine-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tortora tamburina

> Turtur tympanistria — Uccelli. The tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in woodlands and other thick vegetation in Africa south of the Sahara Desert.

- Scientific name: *Turtur tympanistria*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 847
- Wikidata: [Q1272497](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1272497)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3328](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3328)

## Names

- en: Tambourine Dove
- de: Tamburintaube
- es: Palomita Tamborilera
- fr: Tourtelette tambourette
- it: Tortora tamburina
- nl: Tamboerijnduif
- pt: Rola-de-papo-branco
- pl: Turkaweczka białoczelna

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (412), UG (65), TZ (50), KE (46), MW (29), ET (20), GH (19), AO (8), GA (8), NG (7), ZW (7), CG (6)

## Summary

The tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in woodlands and other thick vegetation in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Its range extends from Senegal east to Ethiopia and Kenya and southwards through eastern Africa to south-eastern South Africa, but it is absent from the drier areas of south-western Africa. There is a population on the Comoros Islands.
This is very much a species of thick woodlands, including dense gardens and plantations of castor oil, cocoa and rubber. As such, this shy species is usually seen when flushed whilst feeding on the forest floor…

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

## Photo

![Tortora tamburina](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tambourine-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3328

## Machine access

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