
The tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in woodlands and other thick vegetation in Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 401 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
KwaZulu-Natal and beyond
Provinces where Tambourine Dove is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
401 records, iNaturalist
20+ results in South Africa
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Species
Turtur tympanistria
Records
401
iNaturalist observations
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A record means a host has seen the Tambourine Dove on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.
The Tambourine Dove is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (66% of records), Western Cape (16% of records), Limpopo (8% of records), based on 401 iNaturalist observations. 24 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Tambourine Dove on site or nearby.
The Tambourine Dove is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it.
The tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in woodlands and other thick vegetation in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Its range extends from Senegal east to Ethiopia and Kenya and southwards through eastern Africa to south-eastern South Africa, but it is absent from the drier areas of south-western Africa.