This species sometimes goes by the English name Rufous Turtle-Dove, a name now usually reserved for
the Central Asian subspecies S. o. meena. Six subspecies are recognized. This is the widespread, partly
migratory nominate race which is somewhat paler than the others. Compared to S. o. meena, it has a gray,
rather than white tail tip. Its more extensive dark gray (not black) centers to the mantle feathers, and its pale
gray (not rusty) tips to the greater and median coverts help distinguish this species from the similar European
Turtle-Dove (S. turtur). Oriental Turtle-Dove has been recorded as a vagrant to Alaska, Canada and California.
Canon PowerShot SX50 HS.References:
Baptista, L.F., Trail, P.W., Horblit, H.M. & Boesman, P. (2017). Oriental Turtle-dove (Streptopelia orientalis). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/54152 on 7 June 2017).