La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Biometrics of Turtle doves Streptopelia turtur in the South of Morocco (Taroudant region)
Auteurs :	Saâd Hanane, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ecologia Mediterranea (36(1) 2010)
Article en page(s) :	107-110
Résumé :	Although turtle dove is one of the most common game species in Morocco, no biometric data was yet available. This work, carried out during hunting period in 2009 (June 26-August 3) in Taroudant region, aims to produce Turtle dove morphometrics data and to confirm the presence, in breeding period, of the subspecies Streptopelia turtur arenicola in the south of Morocco. A total of 132 killed birds were measured. Measurements (head-nozzle, culmen, wing, tarsus, tail and body lengths) were collected by taking in account the age (60 juveniles and 72 adults) and the sex (only for the adults: 42 males and 30 females). The statistical analysis showed that the juveniles were smaller than the adults and that the male adults were larger than the females except for culmen and tarsus lengths which the differences were not significant. The great similarity of our biometric results with the available bibliographical data's confirms the presence of the S.t. arenicola subspecies in this area in the south of Morocco.

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