Barbary dove
English
Noun
Barbary dove (plural Barbary doves)
- A domesticated dove with unclear taxonomic classification, often treated as its own species as Streptopelia risoria, sometimes as a subspecies of either Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto or African collared dove Streptopelia roseogrisea, and sometimes not as separate species at all, freely breeding with the above species.
Synonyms
- cushat, ring dove, ringneck dove
Translations
Streptopelia risoria — see ringneck dove