Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Kumuria |
| Arabic | فَاخِتَةٌ أَوْرَاسِيَّةٌ |
| Armenian | Օղակավոր տատրակ |
| Asturian | Rulla turca |
| Azerbaijani | Yaxalıqlı qumru |
| Bangla | কন্ঠী ঘুঘু |
| Basque | Usapal turkiarra |
| Bulgarian | Гугутка |
| Catalan | tórtora turca |
| Chinese | 灰斑鳩 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 灰斑鳩 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 灰斑鸠 |
| Croatian | gugutka |
| Czech | hrdlička zahradní |
| Danish | Tyrkerdue |
| Dutch | Turkse Tortel |
| English | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Eurasian Collared Dove |
| English (UK) | Collared Dove |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Eurasian Collared Dove |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
| Faroese | Turkadúgva |
| Finnish | turkinkyyhky |
| French | Tourterelle turque |
| French (France) | Tourterelle turque |
| Galician | Rula turca |
| German | Türkentaube |
| Greek | Δεκαοχτούρα |
| Gujarati | હોલો |
| Hebrew | תור צווארון |
| Hindi | धोर-फाख्ता |
| Hungarian | Balkáni gerle |
| Icelandic | Tyrkjadúfa |
| Italian | Tortora dal collare |
| Japanese | シラコバト |
| Korean | 염주비둘기 |
| Latvian | Gredzenūbele |
| Lithuanian | Pietinis purplelis |
| Malayalam | പൊട്ടൻ ചെങ്ങാലിപ്രാവ് |
| Marathi | पांढरा कवडा |
| Mongolian | Буулгат хүүрзгэнэ |
| Norwegian | tyrkerdue |
| Odia | ପାଣ୍ଡଆକ କପତ |
| Persian | یاکریم معمولی |
| Polish | sierpówka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rola-de-colar |
| Punjabi (India) | ਗਾਨੀ ਵਾਲੀ ਘੁੱਗੀ |
| Romanian | Guguștiuc |
| Russian | Кольчатая горлица |
| Serbian | Gugutka |
| Slovak | hrdlička záhradná |
| Slovenian | Turška grlica |
| Spanish | Tórtola Turca |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Tórtola Turca |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Tórtola de collar |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Paloma Collareja |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Paloma de Collar Turca |
| Spanish (Panama) | Tórtola Turca |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Tórtola Collarina Euroasiática |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tórtola turca |
| Swedish | turkduva |
| Telugu | పెద్ద బెల్ల గువ్వ |
| Thai | นกเขาแขก |
| Turkish | Kumru |
| Ukrainian | Горлиця садова |
Revision Notes
Steven G. Mlodinow revised the account. Steven G. Mlodinow and Shawn M. Billerman standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Claire Walter copyedited the references. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838)
Definitions
- STREPTOPELIA
- decaocto
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Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.1 — Published October 25, 2022
Photos from this Account
Adult (Eurasian)
Fairly large dove with small head and long, square-tipped tail. Upperparts mostly sandy brown with a black crescent on the back of the neck.
Adult (Eurasian)
Fairly large dove with small head and thin, dark bill. Head and underparts are pale, almost frosty brown. Black collar on back of neck.
Adult (Eurasian)
Fairly large dove with pale underparts, gray undertail coverts, and broad white band at tip of tail.
Immature (Eurasian)
Adult (Eurasian)
Adult (Eurasian)
Note dark primaries (wingtips). Native to Eurasia but introduced to Florida, where it spread rapidly across North America beginning in the 1990s.
Adult (Eurasian)
Often found in small groups in residential areas. Note square-tipped tail, black collar at back of neck, and plain, unmarked face.
Flock (Eurasian)
Often seen in flocks in residential or developed areas. White band at end of tail is best seen from below.
Eurasian Collared-Dove.
Eurasian Collared-Dove.
Possible confusion species: African Collared-Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea).
African Collared-Dove has white undertail coverts, more limited white on the undertail (including entirely white outer web of outermost rectrix).
Eurasian Collared-Dove.
Possible confusion species: African Collared-Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea).
African Collared-Dove has less contrast on the upperwing in flight, so that it lacks the distinctly tricolored effect of the upperparts in flight (brown mantle, blackish outer wing, and gray in between).
Juvenile Eurasian Collared-Dove (completing Prejuvenile Molt)
Fresh Juvenile Plumage is characterized by upperpart feathers with pale fringing creating scaled appearance. In younger juveniles, feathers of the forehead and lores are usually reduced or lacking.
Juvenile Eurasian Collared-Dove
Wing coverts show pale fringing, the black hind collar is lacking, and the secondaries are primaries are narrower than basic feathers and do not show molt clines reflecting prolonged sequential replacement.
Juvenile Eurasian Collared-Dove
The rectrices are narrower and more rounded at the tips, and the whitish tip to the outer rectrix (r6) is washed buff and averages narrower than in basic feathers.
Eurasian Collared-Dove undergoing Preformative Molt
During the Preformative Molt, fringed juvenile upperpart feathers are replaced with darker formative feathers without pale edges. Juvenile tertials (here t2) and inner primaries (here p1-p2) are replaced with broader, darker (less brown), and more squared feathers. On this individual the black hind collar is just beginning to become evident.
Eurasian Collared-Dove undergoing Preformative Molt
The black hind collar is about half molted in. Wing coverts are mixed and rectrices and primaries are brownish and rounded. The second tertials (t2) has been replaced.
Formative Eurasian Collared-Dove
Formative Plumage can be identified following incomplete (possibly suspended) Preformative Molts. Here the inner 6 primaries (p1-p6) have been replaced while the outer four primaries (p7-p10) are retained juvenile feathers, narrow, brown and tapered at the tips. Most of the secondaries are also juvenile, narrow, brownish, and lacking replacement clines.
Definitive Basic Eurasian Collared-Dove
Definitive Basic Plumage is separated from Juvenile and Formative plumages by having upperpart feathers without pale fringes and often showing mixed levels of wear following protracted molt. Primaries and secondaries are broader and show variation in freshness and molt clines reflecting sequential replacement. The black hindneck collar is full, distinct, and bordered narrowly with white feather tips.
Definitive Basic Eurasian Collared-Dove
Rectrices are broad and squared, the outer rectrix (r6) with broad and distinct white tips. Primaries can show multiple waves reflecting Staffelmauser (see Molts); here, p1-p7 appear to be one replacement set (p7 freshest) and p8-p10 a second set, the feathers being formative or basic rather than juvenile.
Leucistic Eurasian Collared-Dove
Leucism appears to be relatively frequent in Eurasian Collared Doves, in some cases perhaps reflecting hybridization with African Collared-Dove. Abnormally colored feathers can be white or creamy.
Leucistic Eurasian Collared-Dove
Leucistic individuals can show paler gray primaries, a characteristic of African Collared-Dove.
Leucistic Eurasian Collared-Dove
Both flight feathers and body feathering can be abnormally pale.
Adult showing head detail.
Eurasian Collared-Dove is well established in northern Africa; Ghardaïa, Algeria.
Eurasian Collared-Dove is well established in northern Africa; Sousse, Tunisia.
Eurasian Collared-Dove is well established in northern Africa; Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco.
Eurasian Collared-Dove exists around the Bohai Gulf from China into northernmost North Korea; Liaoning, China.
Eurasian Collared-Dove exists around the Bohai Gulf from China into northernmost North Korea; Hebei, China.
Eurasian Collared-Dove exists around the Bohai Gulf from China into northernmost North Korea; Beijing, China.
The origins Eurasian Collared-Dove in North America and the West Indies can largely be traced to a local breeder in New Providence, Bahamas.
Eurasian Collared-Dove colonized Cuba in the late 1980s.
A release of birds from Guadeloupe in 1976 may be the source of Eurasian Collared-Dove populations in the Lesser Antilles.
The Eurasian Collared-Dove likely arrived in Florida from the Bahamas in the late 1970s.
The Eurasian Collared-Dove is established in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The Eurasian Collared-Dove is present in Alaska.
Birds in their habitat; West Bengal, India.
Birds in their habitat; Karnataka, India.
Bird in its habitat; Sind, Pakistan.
Birds foraging; Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic.
Pair in their urban habitat displaying; Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
Birds in their habitat; Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco.
Birds resting in a building; Alabama, United States.
Birds resting; Colorado, United States.
Birds in their habitat; Oregon, United States.
Birds feeding on seeds.
Bird feeding on seeds on feeder.
Bird feeding with Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura).
Large numbers of Eurasian Collared-Doves at feeding areas often discourage visits from other species.
Nest in tamarisk.
Nest in bush.
Nest in unnatural structure.
Adult collecting nest material.
Adult collecting nest material.
Adult carrying nest material.
Nest; general view.
Nest with one egg.
Clutch of two eggs.
Fledgling.
Eurasian Collared-Dove is very flexible in use of nesting sites.
Macaulay Library Photos for Eurasian Collared-Dove
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