Türkentaube

== German == === Etymology === From Türke (“Turk”) +‎ -n- +‎ Taube (“pigeon”). So named because the species expanded its habitat from what is now western Turkey towards the north-west over the course of the 20th century, first reaching German-speaking areas around 1940. === Noun === Türkentaube f (genitive Türkentaube, plural Türkentauben) collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto Synonym: (colloquial) Fernsehtaube ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Türkentaube on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Türkentaube” in Duden online