Tambourine Dove
Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 3.0

Doves and Pigeons

Tambourine Dove

Turtur tympanistria

LCLeast Concern
Family
Doves and Pigeons (Columbidae)
Order
Columbiformes

Overview

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.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Sub-Saharan Africa, Bioko, and Comoros.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.