---
title: "Wijntortel"
description: "Streptopelia vinacea — Vogels. The vinaceous dove (Streptopelia vinacea) is a bird species in the pigeon family Columbidae that widely resident across northern Sub-Saharan Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/vinaceous-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wijntortel

> Streptopelia vinacea — Vogels. The vinaceous dove (Streptopelia vinacea) is a bird species in the pigeon family Columbidae that widely resident across northern Sub-Saharan Africa.

- Scientific name: *Streptopelia vinacea*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 835
- Wikidata: [Q1265602](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1265602)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2934](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2934)

## Names

- en: Vinaceous Dove
- de: Röteltaube
- es: Tórtola Vinosa
- fr: Tourterelle vineuse
- nl: Wijntortel
- pt: Rola-vinácea
- pl: Synogarlica różowa

## Countries with the most observations

BJ (201), GM (195), SN (72), NG (66), GH (47), BF (30), UG (24), TD (15), GW (14), CF (13), ET (13), CD (12)

## Summary

The vinaceous dove (Streptopelia vinacea) is a bird species in the pigeon family Columbidae that widely resident across northern Sub-Saharan Africa.

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

## Photo

![Wijntortel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/vinaceous-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104167656

## Machine access

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