There are two subspecies, "Streptopelia decaocto decaocto" in most of the range (including all of the 20th century colonisations), and "Streptopelia decaocto xanthocyclus" in the southeast of the range from Burma east to southern China.
Na vzhodu je poselila večji del srednje in severne Kitajske ter se pričela lokalno pojavljati na Japonskem (verjetno zaradi umetne naselitve).