Dusky turtle dove

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| name = Dusky turtle dove

| image = Dusky Turtle Dove - Tanzania 2008-03-01 0094.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Streptopelia lugens |volume=2016 |page=e.T22690432A93273485 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690432A93273485.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Streptopelia

| species = lugens

| authority = (Rüppell, 1837)

| synonyms =

}}

The dusky turtle dove or pink-breasted turtle dove (Streptopelia lugens) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia,{{cite book |last1=Aerts |first1=R. |last2=Lerouge |first2=F. |last3=November |first3=E. |title=Birds of forests and open woodlands in the highlands of Dogu'a Tembien. In: Nyssen J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (Eds.). Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District |date=2019 |publisher=SpringerNature |isbn=978-3-030-04954-6 |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030049546}} Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, and Zambia.

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