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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 ...
Streptopelia (collared doves and turtle doves) is a genus of 15 species of birds in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae native to the Old World in Africa, Europe, and Asia. These are mainly slim, small to medium-sized species.
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 ...
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
Although the Barbary dove is normally assigned its own systematic name, as Streptopelia risoria, considerable doubt exists as to its appropriate classification.Some sources assert confidently that it is a domesticated form of the Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), but the majority of evidence points to it being a domesticated form of the African collared dove (Streptopelia ...
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) Common ground dove, Columbina passerina (R) White-winged dove, Zenaida ...
Every species of cuckoo-dove (genera Reinwardtoena, Turacoena, and Macropygia) is essentially completely herbivorous, [200] such as the brown cuckoo-dove [201] [202] The collared and turtle doves are overwhelmingly to totally herbivorous, [203] such as the European turtle dove [204] [205] [206] and the Eurasian collared dove [207] [208]
Eurasian collared dove; Eurasian coot; Eurasian crag martin; Eurasian curlew; Eurasian golden oriole; Eurasian hoopoe; Eurasian jay; Eurasian magpie; Eurasian nuthatch; Eurasian oystercatcher; Eurasian penduline tit; Eurasian scops owl; Eurasian siskin; Eurasian skylark; Eurasian sparrowhawk; Eurasian spoonbill; Eurasian stone-curlew; Eurasian ...