Spilopelia

Spilopelia is a genus of doves that are closely related to "Streptopelia", yet distinguished from them by differences in morphology and behavior. Some authors have argued that "Stigmatopelia" is the valid name as it appears in an earlier line although also erected by the Swedish zoologist Carl Sundevall, but Richard Schodde and Ian J. Mason in their zoological catalogue of Australian birds chose "Spilopelia" citing clause 24(b) of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) which supports the decision of the first reviser. The name "Spilopelia" combines the Ancient Greek "spilos" meaning "spot" and "peleia" meaning "dove".
Species.
The genus includes just two species:
Some ornithologists split the spotted dove into the eastern spotted dove ("Spilopelia chinensis") and the western spotted dove ("Spilopelia suratensis").