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The Eurasian collared dove is a medium-sized dove, distinctly smaller than the wood pigeon, similar in length to a rock dove but slimmer and longer-tailed, and slightly larger than the related European turtle dove, with an average length of 32 cm (13 in) [17] from tip of beak to tip of tail, with a wingspan of 47–55 cm (19–22 in), and a ...
The mourning dove is sometimes called the "American mourning dove" to distinguish it from the distantly related mourning collared dove (Streptopelia decipiens) of Africa. [15] It was also formerly known as the "Carolina turtledove" and the "Carolina pigeon". [19] The "mourning" part of its common name comes from its doleful call. [20]
The Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in particular has expanded naturally out of its original range of the warmer temperate regions from southeastern Europe to India to colonise the rest of Europe, reaching as far west as Great Britain by 1960 and Ireland soon after, and also east across northern China to Japan.
The mourning collared dove is a largish, stocky pigeon, up to 31 cm in length. Its back, wings and tail are pale brown. The head is grey and the underparts are pink, shading to pale grey on the belly. There is a black hind neck patch edged with white. The legs and a patch of bare skin around the eye are red.
The eared dove ranges across the entirety of South America from Colombia to Tierra del Fuego, [53] the Eurasian collared dove has a massive (if discontinuous) distribution from Britain across Europe, the Middle East, India, Pakistan and China, [54] and the laughing dove across most of sub-Saharan Africa, as well as India, Pakistan, and the ...
On appearance alone, it may also be confused with the Eurasian collared dove, vinaceous dove, red-eyed dove, red collared dove, African mourning dove or the Barbary dove, the last of these a popular cage bird with isolated feral populations. The red-eyed dove is generally similar, with an identical display flight. [5]
Mourning dove. Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae. Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Six species have been recorded in Ohio. Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I)(B) Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E) Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)(B)
Eurasian collared dove: Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) EU, OR: native from Europe to China; widely introduced elsewhere: 64: Burmese collared dove: Streptopelia xanthocycla (Newman, TH, 1906) OR: central Myanmar 65: African collared dove: Streptopelia roseogrisea (Sundevall, 1857) AF: Sub-Saharan Africa: 66: White-winged collared dove