Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Eurasian Collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto) - HBW 4, p. 137
French: Tourterelle turque
German: Türkentaube
Spanish: Tórtola Turca
Other common names: Eastern/Eurasian/Indian Ring-dove, Collared Turtle-dove
Taxonomy: Columba risoria Linnaeus var. decaocto Frivaldszky, 1838, Turkey.
Forms a superspecies with S. bitorquata, S. roseogrisea and S. reichenowi; sometimes considered conspecific with S. roseogrisea. Proposed race stoliczkae of Chinese Turkestan based on feral birds. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) - Europe to Asia Minor, Turkestan and N China and S to NE Africa, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, India, Sri Lanka and W China.
- xanthocyclus (Newman, 1906) - Myanmar, Shan States, Yunnan and E China.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A very recently fledged juvenile in a Pawlonia tree, looking around and flying away Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp decaocto)
Josep del Hoyo 17 March 2008 3 years ago 39 sec 4.6 -
A bird on a pole, singing Locality Rabat Zoo, Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Region, Morocco (ssp decaocto )
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2007 3 years ago 33 sec 4.6 -
A bird in a Pawlonia tree preening and watching for predators. Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp decaocto)
Josep del Hoyo 22 December 2011 6 weeks ago 37 sec 4.5 -
A pair heteropreening, the female flies away and then a close-up of the male's head Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp decaocto)
Josep del Hoyo 14 March 2008 3 years ago 38 sec 4.5 -
A bird in a Pawlonia tree stretching the tail and one wing, then preening. Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp decaocto)
Josep del Hoyo 22 December 2011 6 weeks ago 1 min 9 sec 4.4 -
A bird in a Pawlonia tree, preening. Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp decaocto)
Josep del Hoyo 22 December 2011 6 weeks ago 53 sec 4.4
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In a pond
Locality Al Khor Treatment Works, Al Khor, Qatar
John A Thompson 19 June 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird eating in the ground.
Locality Madrid, Spain
Pedro Ortega Pinilla 5 January 2008 2 years ago 4.5 -
Streptopelia decaocto
Locality Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
Conrado Requena Aznar 28 July 2007 2 years ago 4.3 -
A bird browses in a desert like area.
Locality Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Rainer Mönke 1 November 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
A bird on a pole.
Locality Florida, USA (United States)
killiajk 11 October 2008 3 years ago 4.3 -
Coming to drink water from Bast Gez Dam Lake
Locality Kookherd District, Bastak County, Hormozgān Province, Iran
Ghaffar 3 August 2011 6 weeks ago 4.2
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A male singing while courtship. Locality Raniwara, Jalor (Jalore) District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp decaocto)
Josep del Hoyo 19 February 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Typical cooing calls and call while landing Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2007 2 years ago 4 -
Calls and song. Locality Woking, Surrey, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 2 years ago 4
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