Red collared dove
(Cu ngói, Streptopelia tranquebarica), also known as the red turtle dove
The red collared dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica), also known as the red turtle dove, is a small pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in the tropics of Asia.
Columba, Columbidae: Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).
The genus name Streptopelia is from Ancient Greek: streptos meaning "collar" and peleia meaning "dove".
The specific epithet is from the town Tranquebar, now Tharangambadi, on the Coromandel Coast in southern India.