Tekukur biasa: Perbedaan antara revisi

Tubuh berukuran sedang (30 cm).Warnanya coklat kemerahjambuan. Ekor burung ini tampak panjang. Bulu ekor terluar dengan tepi putih tebal. Bulu sayap lebih gelap dibanding tubuh. Ada bercak-bercak hitam putih khas pada leher.Iris jingga, paruh hitam, kaki merah.Hidup dekat dengan manusia. Mencari makan di permukaan tanah. Sering duduk berpasangan di tempat terbuka. Bila terganggu terbang rendah di permukaan tanah, dengan kepakan sayap pelan<ref>[http://www.bio.undip.ac.id/sbw/spesies/sp_tekukur_biasa.htm Tekukur Biasa]</ref>.

 

<!--This species was formerly included in the genus ''Streptopelia'' but a 2001 study based on molecular sequence as well as vocalization indicated that this along with ''Streptopelia senegalensis'' stood out from the remaining taxa then included in ''Streptopelia''.<ref>{{cite journal| author=Johnson KP; De Kort S; Dinwoodey K; Mateman AC; Ten Cate C; Lessells CM; Clayton DH| year=2001| journal=Auk| volume=118 |title=A molecular phylogeny of the dove genera ''Streptopelia'' and ''Columba''| issue=4|pages= 874–887| url=http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kjohnson/kpj_pdfs/Auk.2001.pdf| doi=10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0874:AMPOTD]2.0.CO;2}}</ref> This led subsequent authors to split them out into a separate genus. [[Carl Jakob Sundevall|Carl Sundevall]] had erected the genus ''Stigmatopelia'' with the type ''senegalensis'' while also creating the genus ''Spilopelia'' (for ''chinensis'', ''suratensis'' and ''tigrina'', then treated as separated species) on the same page of his 1872 book.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://archive.org/stream/methodinaturali00sundgoog#page/n182/mode/1up|author=Sundevall, Carl|year=1872| title=Methodi naturalis avium disponendarum tentamen| page=100}}</ref> Some authors used ''Stigmatopelia'' arguing that it has priority as it appears first on the page.<ref name=cheke>{{cite journal| title= Naming segregates from the Columba-Streptopelia pigeons following DNA studies on phylogeny|author=Cheke, Anthony S|year=2005| journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club|volume=125| issue=4| pages=293–295}}</ref> Schodde and Mason in their zoological catalogue of Australian birds however chose ''Spilopelia'' based on 24(b) of the ICZN Code.<ref>{{cite book|author=Schodde R; I J Mason|year=1997| title=Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). Volume 37.2|publisher=CSIRO publishing|page=20| isbn=978-0-643-06037-1}}</ref>

[[File:Bifidfeather.jpg|thumb|The bifid neck feathers<ref>{{cite book|title=Orthogenetic evolution in pigeons| author=Whitman, CO|year=1919| publisher=The Carnegie Institution of Washington|url=http://archive.org/stream/posthumousworks01whituoft#page/n132/mode/1up|page=72}}</ref>]]