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Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto   [Frivaldszky, 1838]
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Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae
BTO Codes: CD, COLDO EURING No: 6840
Number in Britain: 284 thousand territories (Summer)
Conservation Status:
UK: GREEN
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Resident Breeder
Subspecies: decaocto recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 32 cm Wingspan: 51 cm Weight: M/F: 200 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: streptos=a collar + peleia=a dove and L.: deca=ten + octo=eight
World Distribution: Europe, c&s Asia, ne Africa
Habitat: Open woodland, scrub, gardens
Diet: Mostly cereal grain, also weed seeds, occasionally shoots and invertebrates
TitBit: Now one of the commonest birds in Britain, it first bred here in Cromer, Norfolk in 1955 having spread from its ancestral haunts in Turkey and the Middle East in the 1930s  
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Population and Distribution
Population Trend: Wider Countryside Report
Regional Trends: Scotland   Wales   England   English Regions
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British Population Size:
    Summer: 284 thousand territories in 2000
    First Record: Norfolk, 1955
    First Breeding Record: Norfolk 1955
    Conservation Status: GREEN
   Previous Assessments: 2002-2007 GREEN     1996-2001 GREEN  
   Races of Concern: decaocto GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
    Most frequent in: Towns
    Also common in: Villages
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
    Summer: 4.2 to 10 million pairs
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WBD(II*), Bern(III)
Survey Results: Garden BirdWatch
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Breeding and Survival
Egg Size: 31 x 24 mm Egg Weight: 9.2 g (of which 6 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records: 175
Clutch Size: 2 eggs 1.93 ± 0.31 (1 - 3) N = 1397
Incubation: 16- 17 days 16.41 ± 1.25 (14 - 18.5) N = 1395 by the: Male + Female
Fledging: 17 - 19days 18.11 ± 2.24 (14 - 21.5) N = 2114 as: Altricial, downy
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid: Unavailable
Number of Broods: 3-6
Trends in Breeding Productivity

Number Ringed: 855
Adult Survival: 0.642 ± 0.022       
Juvenile Survival: No data
Age at First Breeding: 1 year Typical Lifespan: 3 years
Maximum Recorded Age: 16yr 10m
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Biometrics
Ring Size: E
Wing Length Adult: 180.9 ± 5.6 Range 173 - 190 mm, N =2619
Juvenile: 176.5 ± 5.7 168 - 185 mm, N =708
Male: 183.3 ± 4.5 176 - 191 mm, N =864
Female: 177.8 ± 4.9 170 - 186 mm, N =411
Weight Adult: 204.8 ± 19.97 Range 172.0 - 236.0 g , N =1557
Juvenile: 174.2 ± 25.43 134.0 - 217.0 g , N =464
Male: 208.1 ± 19.94 178.0 - 240.0 g , N =582
Female: 201.5 ± 20.14 . 168.7 - 232.0 g , N =262
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
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Other Names
Eurasian Collared Dove
Gaelic: Calman-coilearach Welsh: Turtur Dorchog
Danish: Tyrkerdue Dutch: Turkse tortel
Finnish: Turkinkyyhky French: Tourterelle turque
German: Türkentaube Hungarian: Balkáni gerle
Icelandic: Tyrkjadúfa Irish: Fearán Baicdhubh
Italian: Tortora dal collare Norwegian: Tyrkerdue
Polish: Sierpówka Portuguese: Rola-turca
Spanish: Tórtola turca Swedish: Turkduva
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
   Goodwin, D. 1983 Pigeons and doves of the world (3rd ed) Cornell University Press, Ithaca [598.623 GOO]
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Wikipedia entry
State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
Selected scientific papers published 1980-2005
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Find more papers on Scirus

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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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