Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaoctoOrder: COLUMBIFORMES Family: Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Codes: Common Name: EUCD Scientific Name: STRDEC ITIS Taxonomic No.: 177139

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Eurasian Collared-Dove Breeding Male Portrait

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Eurasian Collared-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove: Medium dove, pale gray overall with darker cinnamon-brown wash over back. Nape is ringed with half-black collar that does not extend to throat. Wings are mottled gray with dark primaries. Tail is long, broad, edged with white (black near base). Pink legs, feet.

● Song: "hoo-hoooo-hoo", "krreeeew", "hwaah", "krreair"

● Foraging & Feeding: Eurasian Collared-Dove: Eats mostly seeds, some greens, soft fruits, and garbage. Forages on the ground but also picks berries from bushes.

● Breeding & nesting: Eurasian Collared-Dove: Two white eggs are laid in a nest made of twigs and dry stalks, and built from 6 to 7 feet above the ground in a tree, shrub, or sometimes balcony or eave of a building. Incubation ranges from 14 to 18 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Eurasian Collared-Dove: Mourning Dove is smaller, lacks collar, and has gray-brown upperparts, and long, pointed tail with white tips.

Flight Pattern

Swift strong direct flight on rapidly beating wings.

Eurasian Collared-Dove Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Eurasian Collared-Dove: Native of India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar; also widespread in Europe. Introduced to the U.S.; occurs from Florida to Texas, and may be displacing native doves.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationFairly common to common

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight5.4 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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