05-21-2023-0301 - The Barbary dove, ringed turtle dove, ringneck dove, ring-necked turtle dove, or ring dove (Streptopelia risoria) is a domestic member of the dove and pigeon family (Columbidae).

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"Ringneck dove" redirects here. For the species of dove found in eastern and southern Africa, see ring-necked dove.

This article is about the domesticated bird also called the ring dove. For other uses, see Ring dove (disambiguation).

Barbary dove
Conservation status
Domesticated
Scientific classification (disputed)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Streptopelia
Species:	S. risoria
Binomial name
Streptopelia risoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Columba risoria Linnaeus, 1758

Egg of Streptopelia risoria

The Barbary dove, ringed turtle dove, ringneck dove, ring-necked turtle dove, or ring dove (Streptopelia risoria) is a domestic member of the dove and pigeon family (Columbidae).

Although the Barbary dove is normally assigned its own systematic name, as Streptopelia risoria, considerable doubt exists as to its appropriate classification. Some sources assert confidently that it is a domesticated form of the Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), but the majority of evidence points to it being a domesticated form of the African collared dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea).^{[citation needed]} It appears that it can hybridize freely with either species, and its status as a species must therefore be regarded as doubtful. However, because of the wide use of both the common and systematic names, it is best to consider it separately from either of the putative parent species. Their time of domestication is also uncertain. While Linnaeus described them in 1756, they may have been imported into Italy from North Africa in the late 16th century.^[1] 

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