Turtur tympanistria (bird)

Mass: 8.6 g

Diet: granivore based on Mann 1985, Erard and Brosset 2003, Gove et al. 2013, and Smith et al. 2015; granivore-frugivore based on Symes and Woodborne 2009

Abundance: 0.05 to 14.71% (median 1.04%)

Latitudinal range: -30.4° to 7.8°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (12), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 19 samples

Angola: Cangandala National Park

Cameroon: Nyong River

Ethiopia: Oromia Region (coffee captures), Oromia Region (forest captures)

Ivory Coast: Bossematié Forest (selective cleaning)

Kenya: Sokoke Forest (lowland rain forest), Nyeri County, Kakamega Forest

Nigeria: Shasha Forest Reserve (36 mm mesh), Shasha Forest Reserve (61 mm mesh)

South Africa: Umdoni Park

Tanzania: Amani Site 10, Mangala Forest Reserve (eight months post-fire), Bunduki Forest Reserve (cold season)

Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (unlogged), Makerere University Biological Field Station (logged), Budongo Forest Reserve Compartment N3, Makerere University Biological Field Station Compartment K-15, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Size measurements:
67.7 mmN = 1
73.6 mmN = 1

See also Turtur, Turtur abyssinicus, Turtur afer, Turtur brehmeri, Turtur chalcospilos