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The Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) is a bird found in Taiwan, Japan, India, South Korea and China. Woods and farms across Asia. It eats seeds and nuts, leaves and other plant parts and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Oriental turtle dove lives

Woods and farms across Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌰 Seeds & nuts40%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants40%
• 🍎 Fruit20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Oriental turtle dove

Recorded by Rolf A. de By (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC470246. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Oriental turtle dove

Where does the Oriental turtle dove live?

The Oriental turtle dove lives in Taiwan, Japan, India, South Korea and China. Woods and farms across Asia.

What does the Oriental turtle dove eat?

seeds and nuts (about 40%), leaves and other plant parts (about 40%), fruit (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Oriental turtle dove endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Asia

• Pallas’s Fish Eagle
• Masked Finfoot
• Okinawa Rail
• Crestless Fireback
• Milky Stork
• Tawitawi Brown Dove

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.