---
title: "Turkawka zwyczajna"
description: "Streptopelia turtur — Ptaki. The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a threatened or vulnerable member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/european-turtle-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Turkawka zwyczajna

> Streptopelia turtur — Ptaki. The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a threatened or vulnerable member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons.

- Scientific name: *Streptopelia turtur*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12831
- Wikidata: [Q168514](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168514)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2938](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2938)

## Names

- en: European Turtle-Dove
- de: Turteltaube
- es: Tórtola europea
- fr: Tourterelle des bois
- it: Tortora selvatica
- nl: Zomertortel
- pt: Rola-comum
- pl: Turkawka zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2171), FR (1532), IT (1499), RU (558), PT (538), DZ (430), HR (358), DE (321), UA (321), GR (259), MA (259), IL (256)

## Summary

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 in winter.

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

## Photo

![Turkawka zwyczajna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-turtle-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: AJ Beavan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309921816

## Machine access

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