Oriental Turtle-Dove

COLUMBIFORMES - Columbidae - Streptopelia orientalis
Japanese name : Kijibato (Yamabato)

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Unidentified (Turtle-Doves, maybe). photo: 08/1998, Sharna, Bhutan. Oriental Turtle-Dove [1], Yama-bato(Kiji-bato) or Streptopelia orientalis. photo: 01/2001, Tokyo, Japan. Oriental Turtle-Dove [2], Yama-bato(Kiji-bato) or Streptopelia orientalis. photo: 05/2002, Nagano, Japan.

Oriental Turtle-Dove [3], Ryûkyû Kiji-bato or Streptopelia orientalis stimpsoni. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan. Oriental Turtle-Dove [4][5], Yama-bato(Kiji-bato) or Streptopelia orientalis. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan. Oriental Turtle-Dove [6][7], Ryûkyû Kiji-bato or Streptopelia orientalis simpsoni. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.

Oriental Turtle-Dove [8][9], Kiji-bato or Streptopelia orientalis. photo: 12/2006, Tokyo, Japan. Oriental Turtle-Dove [10], Kiji-bato or Streptopelia orientalis. photo: 01/2007, Tokyo, Japan. Oriental Turtle-Dove [11], Kiji-bato or Streptopelia orientalis. photo: 11/2007, Ehime, Japan.

Oriental Turtle-Dove [12], Kiji-bato or Streptopelia orientalis. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan. back to upper category


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