English:  European Turtle Dove, Common Turtle Dove, Eurasian Turtle Dove

Russian:  Обыкновенная горлица

Mongolian: Өрнийн хүүрзгэнэ

German: Turteltaube

French: Tourterelle des bois 
Japanese: コキジバト (Kokiji-bato )

Body length: 25-28 cm.
Wing span: 45-50 cm

Breeds in open lowland deciduous woods and copses with rich undergrowth, mainly in agricultural areas. Summer visitor (mostly May-Aug), winters S of Sahara. Rather shy and hard to observe closely, keeps well hidden in tree canopy but may be seen at distance on telephone wires and foraging on ground. Heavily hunted on passage through Mediterranean.

Identification: Rather small and slim dove with fast, somewhat fitful or slightly pitching flight, e.g. when landing. In practice most like Laughing Dove, but differs in: bright orange-brown feather edges and clearly demarcated black feather centres above on scapulars and lesser wing-coverts (laughing darker reddish-brown and almost uniform); more restricted grey-blue panel in centre of wing; longer and more pointed wings and somewhat shorter tail; narrower white tail-sides with complete black inner border; at close range shows neck patch of black and white stripes (the white at times blue-tinged), noticeable black tail-base below, and orange eye surrounded by rather distinct, reddish bare skin (sf. also Oriental Turtle Dove). Juvenile: More uniformly dirty brown and buffy greyish-white, and lacks neck patch. Can be confused with juvenile Collared Dove, but note tail markings. Extremely similar to juvenile Oriental Turtle Dove.