Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Pigeons and Doves :: Eurasian Collared-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Described by: Frivaldszky (1838)
Alternate common name(s): Eurasian Collared Dove, Collared-Dove, Common Collared-Dove, Eastern Turtle-Dove, Eurasian Turtle-Dove, Collared Turtle-Dove, Indian Ring-Dove
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Matlacha, Lee County, Florida, USA - May 27, 2001 © William Hull  Siesta Key, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Feb 19, 2002 © William Hull  Siesta Key, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Feb 19, 2002 © William Hull  Siesta Key, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Feb 19, 2002 © William Hull  Siesta Key, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Feb 19, 2002 © William Hull 
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Range

Europe, c. and s. Asia;
Fragmented distribution in Asia;
(1) W. Europe from the British Isles, s. Scandinavia and wc. Russia (e. to the area of Moscow) s. to s. France, Italy, Balkans, Greece then through e. Turkey, ne. Egypt, ne. Arabia, Near East, Middle East, e. Transcaspia, e. Kazakhstan, w. China, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
Populations from Iran w. and European population may also have arisen from introductions.
(2) Burma to e. China and Korea.
A Feral population has become established in Chinese Turkestan.
Introduced in the United States (c. and s. Florida and spread n. at least to Georgia and South Carolina) and Japan where may be of natural origins.

Videos

Siesta Key, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Feb 23, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: One bird leaves a perch as another flies in.

Siesta Key, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Feb 23, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Two birds standing on a wire.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Florida Museum of Natural History
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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